Braised Beef
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Braised Beef

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

  1. Melt the dripping, cut up the smoked beef into thin wedge-like strips and insert them into the meat with a knife.
  2. 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.

Other Information

Author: May Henry, Edith B Cohen

Source: The Economical Jewish Cook (1897-01-01)

Category: Meat

Ingredients: beef, dripping, onion, carrot, turnip, celery, water, pepper, allspice, vinegar, flour, salt

Equipment: measuring cups, measuring spoons, knife, stove, pot

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