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Beef Dripping, to Clarify

A clarified beef fat made by boiling beef dripping in water and removing the solids.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Beef Dripping, to Clarify

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the beef dripping in an old iron saucepan.

  2. Cover with boiling water.

  3. Boil uncovered for 1 hour.

  4. Cool slightly, then pour off the clarified dripping.

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 dripping
Provides the cooking fat and, once clarified, a rich flavour for the dish.

“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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