Broiled Beef and Mushroom Sauce
A historical recipe from The Book of Household Management, by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) (1861).
A historical recipe
The Book of Household Management, by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) (1861). Project Gutenberg eBook #10136.
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From The Book of Household Management, by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) (1861). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #10136 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10136). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
Method
- 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.