Beef Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the Liebig's extract with a little cold water.
Pour in enough boiling water to make a clear, nourishing tea.
Add a little pepper, but do not add salt.
Serve with salt biscuits or a slice of well-made toast.
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
- Liebig company's extract
- Provides the concentrated beef flavour that gives the tea its savoury taste and body.
“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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