BROILED BEEF AND MUSHROOM SAUCE

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

Source: The Book of Household Management
Time: Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

2 or 3 dozen small button mushrooms ↝ Mushrooms, white button [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
1 oz. of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
salt and cayenne to taste ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
salt and cayenne to taste ↝ Peppers, raw, NFS [Other vegetables and combinations]
1 tablespoonful of mushroom ketchup ↝ Ketchup [Tomato-based condiments]
mashed potatoes ↝ Potatoes, raw, skin [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
slices of cold roast beef ↝ Beef, roast [Beef, excludes ground]

Instructions (5)

Wipe the mushrooms free from grit with a piece of flannel, and salt.
Put them in a stewpan with the butter, seasoning, and ketchup.
Stir over the fire until the mushrooms are quite done.
Pour the sauce in the middle of mashed potatoes, browned.
Place round the potatoes slices of cold roast beef, nicely broiled, over a clear fire.

Original Text

BROILED BEEF AND MUSHROOM SAUCE.

(Cold Meat Cookery).

612. INGREDIENTS.—2 or 3 dozen small button mushrooms, 1 oz. of butter, salt and cayenne to taste, 1 tablespoonful of mushroom ketchup, mashed potatoes, slices of cold roast beef.

Mode.—Wipe the mushrooms free from grit with a piece of flannel, and salt; put them in a stewpan with the butter, seasoning, and ketchup; stir over the fire until the mushrooms are quite done, when pour it in the middle of mashed potatoes, browned. Then place round the potatoes slices of cold roast beef, nicely broiled, over a clear fire. In making the mushroom sauce, the ketchup may be dispensed with, if there is sufficient gravy.

Time.—1/4 hour. Average cost, exclusive of the meat, 8d.

Seasonable from August to October.

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