Gravy in Haste

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845

Source: Modern cookery for private families
Time: Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (10)

Meat, 1 lb. ↝ Game meat, bison, separable lean only, raw [Lamb, Veal, and Game Products]
1 small onion ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
little carrot ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
turnip ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
little thyme ↝ Thyme, fresh [Spices and Herbs]
parsley ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
butter, 1/2 oz. ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
cloves, 6 ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
corns of pepper, 12 ↝ Corn, raw [Corn]
water, 1 pint ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]

Instructions (4)

Chop fine a few bits of lean meat, a small onion, a few slices of carrot and turnip, and a little thyme and parsley.
Put these with half an ounce of butter into a thick saucepan, and keep them stirred until they are slightly browned.
Add a little spice, and water in the proportion of a pint to a pound of meat.
Clear the gravy from scum, let it boil half an hour, then strain it for use.

Original Text

GRAVY IN HASTE.

Chop fine a few bits of lean meat, a small onion, a few slices of carrot and turnip, and a little thyme and parsley; put these with half an ounce of butter into a thick saucepan, and keep them stirred until they are slightly browned; add a little spice, and water in the proportion of a pint to a pound of meat; clear the gravy from scum, let it boil half an hour, then strain it for use.

Meat, 1 lb.; 1 small onion; little carrot, turnip, thyme, and parsley; butter, 1/2 oz.; cloves, 6; corns of pepper, 12; water, 1 pint: 1/2 hour.

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