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Beef Tea

A simple broth made by simmering beef strips in water and seasoning with salt.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the beef steak into thin strips, about an inch long.

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

  3. Heat gradually over the stove until it comes to a boil.

  4. Boil for five minutes, then season with salt and strain.

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

Round beef steak
Provides the meat flavor and dissolved protein that give the broth its body.

“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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