295. Hamburgh Beef

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (13)
Beef
Garniture
Instructions (15)
  1. Put the beef ribs to soak in soft water for twelve hours.
  2. Put the beef ribs into cold water and boil gradually.
  3. A piece of three ribs will take three hours to boil.
  4. If intended to be served hot, cut off the outside of the beef and nicely trim the joint.
  5. Prepare the garniture: wash the brown kale well.
  6. Put a saucepan on the fire with a gallon of water and let it boil well.
  7. Add two tablespoonfuls of salt and half a saltspoonful of carbonate of soda to the boiling water.
  8. Put the kale in the boiling water and let it boil for ten minutes.
  9. Drain the kale and squeeze all the water from it.
  10. Chop the kale fine on a chopping-board.
  11. Put the chopped kale into a stewpan with two ounces of butter, half a teaspoonful of pepper, one teaspoonful of salt, a little nutmeg, half a teaspoonful of sugar, and twenty roasted chestnuts cut in half.
  12. Put the stewpan on the fire and keep stirring for five minutes.
  13. If the kale mixture is too dry, add a little milk or gravy.
  14. Place the kale mixture on the side of the fire until wanted.
  15. Serve the beef with the garniture around it.
Original Text
295. Hamburgh Beef.—The ribs are the best; they should be put to soak in soft water for twelve hours, and then put into cold water and boiled gradually; a piece of three ribs will take three hours; if intended to be served hot, the outside should be cut off, and the joint nicely trimmed and served up with the following garniture round it: take four handfuls of brown kale, well washed, put a saucepan on the fire, with a gallon of water, and let it well boil; then add two tablespoonfuls of salt and half a saltspoonful of carbonate of soda, put the kale in, let it boil for ten minutes, drain it and squeeze all the water from it, put it on a chopping-board and chop it fine, then put it into a stewpan, with two ounces of butter, half a teaspoonful of pepper, one teaspoonful of salt, a little nutmeg, half a teaspoonful of sugar, and twenty roasted chestnuts cut in half, put it on the fire and keep stirring it for five minutes: if too dry, add a little milk or gravy, and place it on the side of the fire until wanted.
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