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Beef Tea, No. 1

A simple beef broth made by simmering beef strips in water and seasoning with salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Beef Tea, No. 1

Beef Tea, No. 1

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the beef

  1. Cut the beef steak into thin strips, each about 1 inch long.

  2. Place the beef in a saucepan and cover with cold water.

Boil and season

  1. Heat gradually until it comes to a boil.

  2. Boil for 5 minutes, then pour off the liquid.

  3. Add salt 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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Round beef steak
Supplies the meat flavor and body that the broth is built from.

The step that matters

Boil for 5 minutes, then pour off the liquid. A short boil brings impurities and loose fat to the surface of the liquid. Discarding that first liquid removes them, so the final broth tastes cleaner and clearer.

“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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