403. Minced Beef

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (11)

a pound and a half of lean cooked beef ↝ Beef, ground, 93% lean meat / 7% fat, raw [Beef Products]
a good teaspoonful of finely-chopped onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a piece of butter of the size of a walnut ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
half a tablespoonful of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
half a pint of broth (or water) ↝ Soup, broth [Soups, broth-based]
a few drops of browning ↝ Sugars, brown [Sweets]
a teaspoonful of vinegar ↝ Vinegar [Mustard and other condiments]
a little pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
sippets of toasted bread ↝ Bread, vegetable [Yeast breads]
poached eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (8)

Cut a pound and a half of lean cooked beef into very small dice, which put upon a plate.
In a stewpan put a good teaspoonful of finely-chopped onions, with a piece of butter of the size of a walnut.
Stir over the fire until the onions become lightly browned.
Stir in half a tablespoonful of flour.
Mix by degrees half a pint of broth (or water) to which you have added a few drops of browning and a teaspoonful of vinegar.
Let it boil five minutes, stirring it the whole time.
Throw in the meat, season rather highly with a little pepper and salt.
When hot, pour it into a deep dish, and serve with sippets of toasted bread round, or poached eggs on it.

Original Text

403. Minced Beef.—Cut a pound and a half of lean cooked beef into very small dice, which put upon a plate; in a stewpan put a good teaspoonful of finely-chopped onions, with a piece of butter of the size of a walnut, which stir over the fire until the onions become lightly browned, when stir in half a tablespoonful of flour, with which mix by degrees half a pint of broth (or water) to which you have added a few drops of browning and a teaspoonful of vinegar; let it boil five minutes, stirring it the whole time; then throw in the meat, season rather highly with a little pepper and salt, and, when hot, pour it into a deep dish, and serve with sippets of toasted bread round, or poached eggs on it.

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