Mrs Beetons Meat Recipes Revisited
Beef Cake
Leftover Cold Roast Beef
To each 450g (1lb) of Cold Meat allow:
110g (4oz) Bacon or Ham
1-2 Eggs
1 Small Bunch Savoury Herbs, minced
Salt and Pepper, to taste
Mince the beef very finely (if underdone it's better).
Add to the bacon, which must also be chopped very small and mix together well.
Season, stir in the herbs and bind with an egg, or 2 should 1 not be enough.
Make it into small square cakes, about 1.3cm (½ inch) thick.
Fry them in hot oil or dripping.
Serve in a dish with good gravy poured round them.
Time: 10 minutes.
Seasonable at any time.
BEEF CAKE
610. INGREDIENTS - The remains of cold roast beef; to each pound of cold meat allow 1/4 lb. of bacon or ham; seasoning to taste of pepper and salt, 1 small bunch of minced savoury herbs, 1 or 2 eggs.
Mode - Mince the beef very finely (if underdone it will be better), add to it the bacon, which must also be chopped very small, and mix well together. Season, stir in the herbs, and bind with an egg, or 2 should 1 not be sufficient. Make it into small square cakes, about 1/2 inch thick, fry them in hot dripping, and serve in a dish with good gravy poured round them.
Time - 10 minutes.
Average cost, exclusive of the cold meat, 6d.
Seasonable at any time.
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