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Beef-tea

A simple broth made by simmering chopped lean beef in water, strained and seasoned.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Beef-tea

Beef-tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Soak the chopped beef in cold water for at least 1 hour.

  2. Heat the beef and water over the fire until the beef begins to brown or until it boils.

  3. Strain the mixture through a sieve to retain beef particles.

  4. Season as directed by your physician and serve.

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 flavor and protein that dissolve into the water to make the broth.

“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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