381. Hashed Beef

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
Time
Cook: 10 min Total: 10 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (18)
Optional additions for appearance
Optional additions for flavor variation
Instructions (10)
  1. Cut the beef into small thin slices.
  2. Lay the slices upon a plate.
  3. To every pound of beef add half a tablespoonful of flour, a little chopped onion or eschalot, two salt-spoonfuls of salt, and a half one of pepper.
  4. Mix the whole well together.
  5. Put it into a saucepan, with half a pint of water.
  6. Stir it over the fire until upon the point of boiling.
  7. Set it at the corner of the fire to simmer for ten minutes.
  8. It is then ready to serve.
Improvements
  1. A great improvement to the appearance of hash may be effected by adding a few spoonfuls of brown gravy (No. 177), or a teaspoonful of coloring (No. 178), which might always be kept in a bottle.
  2. The flavor of any kind of hash may be varied, by adding a few sprigs of parsley, or thyme, or a couple of bay-leaves, or a little tarragon, or a few spoonfuls of catsup, Soyer’s, Harvey’s, Soho, or Reading sauce.
Original Text
381. Hashed Beef.—Cut the beef into small thin slices, which lay upon a plate, and to every pound of beef add half a tablespoonful of flour, a little chopped onion or eschalot, two salt-spoonfuls of salt, and a half one of pepper, mix the whole well together, and put it into a saucepan, with half a pint of water, stir it over the fire until upon the point of boiling, when set it at the corner of the fire to simmer for ten minutes; it is then ready to serve. A great improvement to the appearance of hash may be effected by adding a few spoonfuls of brown gravy (No. 177), or a teaspoonful of coloring (No. 178), which might always be kept in a bottle. The flavor of any kind of hash may be varied, by adding a few sprigs of parsley, or thyme, or a couple of bay-leaves, or a little tarragon, or a few spoonfuls of catsup, Soyer’s, Harvey’s, Soho, or Reading sauce.
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