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To Press Beef

This recipe uses saltpetre.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Press Beef

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Salt the beef with coarse sea salt and saltpetre for five days.

  2. Boil the beef gently until extremely tender.

  3. Place the beef under a heavy weight or in a cheese press until completely cold.

  4. Serve cold, ideal for sandwiches.

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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