Cottage Roasting
Ingredients
Directions
Roast 10 pounds of beef for 2 to 2.5 hours, placing it 18 inches from the fire.
If the beef is very fat, no basting is needed; if very lean, tie it in greasy paper and baste well.
For a stuffed roast, cook for at least 2 hours.
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
- Is the main cut being roasted; its fat content determines whether basting is needed.
The step that matters
Judging the fat content before roasting. Lean beef has little fat to keep it moist, so wrapping it in greasy paper and basting helps prevent drying during roasting. Very fat beef renders its own moisture and needs no added basting.
“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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