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Beef, Corned, a la Soyer, Boiled

From Harper's cook book encyclopædia, 1902

Serves 18

If too salty, add more water and potatoes.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • Put in the pot a piece weighing 6 lbs.
  • add four quarts of cold water
  • prepare two cabbages
  • put in 2 lbs. of split pease
  • 1 lb. of potatoes

Method

  1. Boil the beef gently for three hours.

  2. One hour before serving, add the cabbages.

  3. Drain the cabbage and serve around the beef.

  4. Leave the broth on the fire, add split peas, pepper, and brown sugar, and boil slowly.

  5. Adjust seasoning as needed.

Nutrition per serving

490Calories
33 gProtein
22 gCarbs
29 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 18 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef, Corned, a la Soyer, Boiled. — Put in the pot a piece weighing 6 lbs. ; add four quarts of cold water; boil very gently for three hours. One hour before serving prepare two cabbages, cut into four pieces, and put into the pot with the meat. When done, drain the cabbage, and place round the beef on the dish, and serve. Leave the broth from the meat on the fire, put in 2 lbs. of split pease, a little pepper and brown sugar ; boil slowly till done, and put by, uncovered, for next day, to use with the cold meat. If more salt or pepper is required, add it ; if, on the contrary, it should be too salt, add more water and 1 lb. of potatoes

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