Beef Extract
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut the beef into small pieces, ensuring it is free from fat and sinew.
Place the beef in a wide-necked bottle or stone jar without any water.
Cook
Cover the jar tightly and set it in a vessel of cold water, reaching the neck of the jar.
Boil slowly for 1.5 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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Lean beef
- Provides the meat protein and flavor that the extract concentrates into a rich broth.
The step that matters
Covering the jar tightly in the water bath. A tight cover and a water bath surrounding the jar keep the beef gently heated and prevent liquid from escaping. Slow, indirect heat draws out juices without boiling the meat hard, which would toughen it and cloud the result.
“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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