Braised Beef

Name: Braised Beef
Cuisine: null
Ingredients: 5 pound topside beef; 1/2 pound smoked beef; 3 ounce dripping; 1 medium-sized onion; 1 small carrot; 1 turnip; 3 - 4 sticks celery; 1 pint water; a few whole peppers; allspice; 1 tablespoon vinegar; 1 tablespoon flour; salt, to taste

Ingredients

5 pound topside beef
1/2 pound smoked beef
3 ounce dripping
1 medium-sized onion
1 small carrot
1 turnip
3 - 4 sticks celery
1 pint water
a few whole peppers
allspice
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon flour
salt, to taste

Directions

Melt the dripping, cut up the smoked beef into thin wedge-like strips and insert them into the meat with a knife.
Brown both sides of the meat in the dripping, add the vegetables, seasoning and water, and let all stew very slowly for 2 1/2 hours, 1/4 hour before serving, take out the meat, keep it hot ; mix the flour, vinegar and 1 tablespoonful water to a paste, pour it into the stew-pan and thicken it, strain gravy over meat and serve.