Name: Beef Steak
Ingredients: ½ pound tender steak; butter

Beef Steak

Ingredients

½ pound tender steak
butter

Directions

Broil the steak over a clear fire or in front of a grill, turning frequently.
Cook for about 10 minutes.
Serve with its own gravy and rub a little butter over the steak for added flavor.

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

Tender steak: Is the main cut that is broiled, so its tenderness sets the texture of the dish.
Butter: Adds fat and richness on the surface of the steak for flavor.

“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.