122. Stewed Beef

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
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Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

the same quantity of beef as in the last ↝ Beef, ground, raw [Ground beef]
a quart of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a little celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
turnip ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
carrot ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
the whole weighing about an ounce ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Instructions (9)

Put the beef into a saucepan.
Add a quart of water.
Place the saucepan over the fire.
When beginning to boil, well skim.
Add a little celery, turnip, and carrot, the whole weighing about an ounce, and cut very small.
Let stew gently about three hours.
By which time the broth will be reduced to one quarter.
Skim all the fat off carefully.
Serve the meat upon a plate, and the broth in a basin.

Original Text

122. Stewed Beef.—Put the same quantity of beef as in the last into a saucepan, with a quart of water, which place over the fire, and when beginning to boil, well skim, then add a little celery, turnip, and carrot, the whole weighing about an ounce, and cut very small, let stew gently about three hours, by which time the broth will be reduced to one quarter; skim all the fat off carefully; serve the meat upon a plate, and the broth in a basin.

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