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Raw Beef-tea

A chilled infusion of finely shredded raw beef, salt, and cold water, served as a clear liquid.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Scrape the beef very finely, removing all fat and skin.

  2. Sprinkle the salt over the beef.

  3. Pour the cold water over the beef and cover it.

  4. Let it stand for 10 minutes.

Strain and serve

  1. Stir the mixture, then pour off the liquid.

  2. Serve the liquid in a colored glass.

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
Provides the meat flavour and protein that dissolve into the cold water to make the tea.
Cold water
Draws out the soluble meat juices and flavour from the finely scraped beef.

“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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