Beef

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Time
Cook: 180 min Total: 180 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (9)
Instructions (13)
  1. Put ten pounds of beef into a deep dish.
  2. Pour over it a pint of red wine, and let it lie in it for two days.
  3. Season it with mace, pepper, and salt.
  4. Put it into a pot with the wine it was steeped in.
  5. Add to it a large glass more of wine.
  6. Tie it down with paper.
  7. Bake it three hours in a quick oven.
  8. When you take it out beat it in a mortar or wooden bowl.
  9. Clarify a pound of butter, and put it in as you see it requires it.
  10. Keep beating it till it is a fine paste.
  11. Then put it into your pots.
  12. Lay a paper over it, and set a weight to press it down.
  13. The next day pour clarified butter over it, and keep it in a dry place for use.
Original Text
PUT ten pounds of beef into a deep dish, pour over it a pint of red wine, and let it lie in it for two days, then season it with mace, pepper, and salt, and put it into a pot with the wine it was steeped in, add to it a large glass more of wine, tie it down with paper, and bake it three hours in a quick oven; when you take it out beat it in a mortar or wooden bowl, clarify a pound of butter, and put it in as you see it requires it, keep beating it till it is a fine paste, then put it into your pots, lay a paper over it, and set a weight to press it down; the next day pour clarified butter over it, and keep it in a dry place for use.
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