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Raw Beef Tea

A chilled beverage made by shredding lean beef, seasoning with salt, soaking, and straining to produce a clear liquid.

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

Raw Beef Tea

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Shred the meat finely and place it in a bowl.

  2. Add a pinch of coarse sea salt and cover the meat with cold water.

Steep and serve

  1. Let it stand covered for 1 to 2 hours, pressing it frequently.

  2. Strain the mixture through a coarse muslin or sieve.

  3. Serve in a red-colored glass to hide the color.

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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Lean meat
Provides the savoury flavour and the protein that gives the tea its body.
Cold water
Draws out the meat's juices and flavour slowly, without cooking the meat.

The step that matters

Pressing the meat while it stands. Pressing breaks up the muscle fibres so more juice and flavour release into the cold water during the standing time. Without it, the tea will be weaker.

“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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