Fried Steaks and Onions

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852
Source
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (9)
  1. Season the steaks with pepper and salt.
  2. Brown the steaks on both sides, without being overdone.
  3. Place the steaks in a dish before the fire.
  4. Fry sliced onions in the fat remaining in the pan.
  5. Once the onions are done, lay them upon the steaks.
  6. Shake a spoonful of flour into the pan.
  7. Add a gill of water and a few drops of vinegar.
  8. Boil this gravy up on the fire.
  9. Pour the gravy over the steaks.
Original Text
No. 74. Fried Steaks and Onions. Season the steaks with pepper and salt, and when done brown on both sides, without being overdone, place them in a dish before the fire while you fry some sliced onions in the fat which remains in the pan; as soon as the onions are done, and laid upon the steaks, shake a spoonful of flour in the pan, add a gill of water and a few drops of vinegar; give this gravy a boil up on the fire, and pour it over the steaks, etc.
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