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Beef Essence

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

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

  1. Chop the beef very fine.

  2. Place the beef in an earthen jar with a lid.

  3. Add a little salt and seal the jar with thick paste.

  4. Bake in a 300°F (150°C) oven for 3 to 4 hours.

  5. Strain the mixture through a coarse sieve.

  6. Serve the patient 2 to 3 teaspoons.

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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