Mrs Beetons Meat Recipes Revisited

Minced Beef

(Cold Meat Cookery)

A few slices of Lean Roast Beef
25g (1oz) Butter
1 Small Onion, finely chopped
2 tbsp Gravy, left from the meat
1 tbsp Strong Ale
½ tsp Flour
Salt and Pepper, to taste

Put the butter and onion into a saucepan.
Add the gravy, ale and ½ a teaspoonful of flour to thicken.
Season with salt and pepper and stir over medium to high heat until the onion is a rich brown.
Cut, but do not chop the meat very finely, add it to the gravy, stir until quite hot and serve.
Garnish with sippets (triangles) of toasted bread.
Be careful in not allowing the gravy to boil after the meat is added, as it would render it hard and tough.

Time: About ½ hour.
Seasonable at any time.

MINCED BEEF

(Cold Meat Cookery)

636. INGREDIENTS - 1 oz. of butter, 1 small onion, 2 tablespoonfuls of gravy left from the meat, 1 tablespoonful of strong ale, 1/2 a teaspoonful of flour, salt and pepper to taste, a few slices of lean roast beef.

Mode - Put into a stewpan the butter with an onion chopped fine; add the gravy, ale, and 1/2 a teaspoonful of flour to thicken; season with pepper and salt, and stir these ingredients over the fire until the onion is a rich brown. Cut, but do not chop the meat very fine, add it to the gravy, stir till quite hot, and serve. Garnish with sippets of toasted bread. Be careful in not allowing the gravy to boil after the meat is added, as it would render it hard and tough.

Time - About 1/2 hour.

Average cost, exclusive of the meat, 3d.

Seasonable at any time.

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Mrs Beetons Meat Recipes Revisited

Minced Beef

(Cold Meat Cookery)

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