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Beef Tea

A simple beef broth made by simmering lean beef in water for two hours.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Beef Tea

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash and trim all fat and rind from the beef.

  2. Place the beef in a saucepan and cover with cold water.

Simmer and serve

  1. Simmer slowly on the back of the stove for 2 hours.

  2. Strain the mixture and add a pinch of salt.

  3. Serve hot or cold.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Lean beef
Provides the meaty flavour and body that the broth is built on.
Cold water
Extracts flavour and gelatin from the beef as it simmers slowly.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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