401. Fillet of Beef sauté

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (5)

two ounces of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
the meat
a saltspoonful of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
half that quantity of pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
either of the butters mentioned in the last ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (8)

Cut the fillet in slices as in the last recipe.
Put two ounces of butter into a clean frying-pan.
Set the frying-pan upon the fire.
When the butter is melted, lay in the meat.
Season the meat with a saltspoonful of salt and half that quantity of pepper to each piece.
Turn the meat over three or four times whilst cooking.
When done, dress the meat upon your dish.
Spread either of the butters mentioned in the last recipe over the meat.

Original Text

401. Fillet of Beef sauté.—After having cut the fillet in slices as in the last, put two ounces of butter into a clean frying-pan, which set upon the fire, and when melted, lay in the meat, seasoned with a saltspoonful of salt and half that quantity of pepper to each piece; turn them over three or four times whilst cooking, and, when done, dress upon your dish, with either of the butters mentioned in the last spread over.

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