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Beef Essence

A clear beef broth made by steaming beef pieces with salt and flavoring.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the beef

  1. Trim all fat and gristle from the beef using a sharp knife.

  2. Cut the beef into small pieces and place them in a jar.

Steam

  1. Cover the jar and secure it with a piece of paper.

  2. Fill a saucepan halfway with water and bring it to a boil.

  3. Place the jar in the boiling water to steam for two hours, ensuring the water does not cover the jar.

Strain and season

  1. After steaming, strain the liquid into a basin using a strainer.

  2. Season the liquid with flavoring and coarse sea salt according to taste.

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

Gravy beef
Provides the meat flavor and dissolved gelatin that give the stock its 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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