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Beef Tea

A clear broth made by simmering finely chopped beef in cold water for four hours.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Place the beef and cold water in a jar.

  2. Put the jar in a kettle of cold water.

Simmer

  1. Simmer for four hours.

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

Beef
Provides the meat flavor and the gelatin and protein that give the broth body.
Cold water
Extracts flavor and soluble compounds from the beef as it heats gently.

“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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