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Italian Beef-Steaks

From A new system of domestic cookery (1838).

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A historical recipe

A new system of domestic cookery, by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) DLC (1838).

Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Cut a fine large steak from a rump that has been well hung, or it will do from any tendi-r part ;
  2. beat it, and season with pepper, salt and onion ;
  3. lay it in an iron Btewpan that has a cover to fit quite close, and set it by the side of the fire without water.
  4. Take care it docs not burn, but it must have a strong heat: in two or three hours it will be quite tender, and then serve with its own gravy.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
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Credit

From A new system of domestic cookery (1838), printed page 34, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/anewsystemdomes00rundgoog

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.