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Beef Tea

A simple infusion of sliced beef simmered in boiling water for 30 minutes.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Beef Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the beef into slices and place the slices in a dish.

  2. Pour the boiling water over the beef.

  3. Cover the dish and let it stand for 30 minutes.

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

Lean fresh beef
Provides the meaty flavor and the savory compounds that dissolve into the liquid.
Boiling water
Extracts flavor and soluble compounds from the beef, forming the tea.

“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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