Mrs Beetons Meat Recipes Revisited
Beef Toad in the Hole
(a Homely but Savoury Dish)
680g (1½lb) Rump Steak
1 Sheep’s Kidney
Salt and Pepper, to taste
For the Batter:
600ml (1 pint) Milk
3 Eggs
4 tbsp Flour
½ saltspoon Salt
Cut up the steak and kidney into convenient sized pieces.
Put them into a pie dish, with a good seasoning of salt and pepper
Mix the flour with a small quantity of milk, to prevent its being lumpy.
Add the remainder and the 3 eggs, which should be well beaten
Add the salt, stir the batter for about 5 minutes and pour it over the steak.
Place it in a tolerably brisk oven immediately and bake for 1-1½ hour.
Time: 1-1½ hour.
Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
Note: The remains of cold beef, rather underdone, may be substituted for the steak and when liked, the smallest possible quantity of minced onion or shallot may be added.
TOAD-IN-THE-HOLE
(a Homely but Savoury Dish)
672. INGREDIENTS - 1-1/2 lb. of rump-steak, 1 sheep’s kidney, pepper and salt to taste. For the batter, 3 eggs, 1 pint of milk, 4 tablespoonfuls of flour, 1/2 saltspoonful of salt.
Mode - Cut up the steak and kidney into convenient-sized pieces, and put them into a pie-dish, with a good seasoning of salt and pepper; mix the flour with a small quantity of milk at first, to prevent its being lumpy; add the remainder, and the 3 eggs, which should be well beaten; put in the salt, stir the batter for about 5 minutes, and pour it over the steak. Place it in a tolerably brisk oven immediately, and bake for 1-1/2 hour.
Time - 1-1/2 hour.
Average cost, 1s. 9d.
Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
Note - The remains of cold beef, rather underdone, may be substituted for the steak, and, when liked, the smallest possible quantity of minced onion or shalot may be added.
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