STEWED BEEF AND CELERY SAUCE

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Time: Cook: 25 min Total: 25 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (4)

3 roots of celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
1 pint of gravy, No. 436 ↝ Gravy, NFS [Dips, gravies, other sauces]
2 onions sliced ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
2 lbs. of cold roast or boiled beef

Instructions (6)

Cut the celery into 2-inch pieces.
Put the celery in a stew-pan with the gravy and onions.
Simmer gently until the celery is tender.
Add the beef cut into rather thick pieces.
Stew gently for 10 minutes.
Serve with fried potatoes.

Original Text

STEWED BEEF AND CELERY SAUCE (Cold Meat Cookery).

667. INGREDIENTS.—3 roots of celery, 1 pint of gravy, No. 436, 2 onions sliced, 2 lbs. of cold roast or boiled beef.

Mode.—Cut the celery into 2-inch pieces, put them in a stew-pan, with the gravy and onions, simmer gently until the celery is tender, when add the beef cut into rather thick pieces; stew gently for 10 minutes, and serve with fried potatoes.

Time.—From 20 to 25 minutes to stew the celery.

Average cost, exclusive of the meat, 6d.

Seasonable from September to January.

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