Beef or Mutton Stew
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut the beef or mutton into pieces.
Place the meat in a pot with 1 quart of water.
Add salt to taste.
Cook
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until tender.
If desired, add vegetables and cook until soft.
Serve
Prepare dumplings separately and serve with the stew.
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 or mutton
- Provides the main protein, which becomes tender and flavorful during long, gentle simmering.
- Water
- Forms the cooking liquid that extracts flavor from the meat and turns into the stew broth.
The step that matters
Simmering until tender. Keeping the liquid at a gentle simmer rather than a hard boil lets connective tissue in the meat break down slowly, so it turns tender without toughening or drying out.
“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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