Mrs Beetons Meat Recipes Revisited
Broiled Beef and Mushroom Sauce
(Cold Meat Cookery)
Slices of Cold Roast Beef
Mashed Potatoes
24-36 Small Button Mushrooms
25g (1oz) Butter
1 tbsp Mushroom Ketchup
Salt and Cayenne, to taste
Wipe the mushrooms free from grit and salt
Put them in a saucepan with the butter, seasoning and ketchup.
Stir over the heat until the mushrooms are quite done.
Then pour it in the middle of mashed potatoes, browned.
Then place round the potatoes slices of cold roast beef, which should be lightly grilled.
In making the mushroom sauce, the ketchup may be dispensed with, if there is enough gravy.
Time: 15 minutes.
Seasonable from August to October.
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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