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Beef Tea

A steak cooked in a paper bag and served with its natural gravy.

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

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Cook the steak

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. Place the beef steak in a paper bag, seal it, and put it on a grid in the oven for 12 minutes.

  3. Remove the parcel and place it on a dish.

Serve

  1. Open the bag to collect the natural gravy.

  2. Cut the steak and squeeze the juice into a hot cup.

  3. Serve immediately and season to taste.

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 steak
Releases its natural juices and gravy as it heats, and these juices become the tea.

“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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