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TO  COOK  A  FILLET  OF  BEEF
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TO COOK A FILLET OF BEEF

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

102
Calories
0g
Protein
12g
Fat
0g
Carbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sauce not in our table 0
Meat not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • half teaspoonful of salt
  • a cup of brown stock put a half teaspoonful of salt
  • a tablespoonful of butter
  • a teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet to darken the sauce
  • 50 meats

Directions

1

The fillet is the under side of the loin of beef. Take the skin and fat from the top, and place strips of larding pork over the top. Put in a baking pan several pieces of salt pork, and over the pork cut slices of onion, turnip, carrot, and a few pieces of celery. Lay the fillet upon this bed of vegetables. In a cup of brown stock put a half teaspoonful of salt, and dust the fillet with pepper. Drop in a sprig or two of parsley, and put into a hot oven for thirty minutes. When done, remove the fillet and strain off the gravy. Skim off as much of the grease as possible. Melt a tablespoonful of butter and add to it one of flour; rub until smooth. Pour the gravy upon this thickening and continue to stir until per- fectly smooth and thick. Add a teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet to darken the sauce and half a can of mush- rooms. Heat the mushrooms thoroughly, but do not cook them. If not enough gravy is left in the pan after having cooked the fillet, add a little more stock.

2

50 MEATS.

3

Vegetables.

4

Wash all vegetables in plenty of cold water. Put green vegetables into boiling, salted water to cook, and boil uncovered to preserve their color. Winter vegetables require longer boiling.

5

If canned vegetables are used, turn into a colander to drain and let a little cold water from the faucet run over them. If treated in this way they will never retain any of the taste of the can.

By Colville, Jessie Henderson. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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