Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | November 22, 2012

Beef Olives Stewing

Beef Olives Stewing

The last step in the preparation of Beef Olives is to stew them in beef broth or gravy till tender, thicken the gravy with a little flour, and then add a little lemon juice. 

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | November 21, 2012

Fry or Brown Them

Beef Olives Frying

Once the beef rump slices are rubbed and strewed with seasonings, rolled and skewered, they are fried and browned.  (This is the sixth “bite” on Beef Olives, see previous posts)

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | November 20, 2012

Skewer Them

Beef Olives Skewered

The Beef Olives (strewn with crumbs of bread, chopped parsley, lemon peel shred fine, pepper and salt, chopped marrow, and grated nutmeg) were rolled up tight and skewered.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | November 19, 2012

Marrow

Marrow Spoon

To obtain the marrow for the ingredient mixture to strew on the Beef Olives (see previous posts on
Beef Olives), a marrow spoon (pictured) was used to remove it easily from the bone.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | November 18, 2012

Beef Olives: Strew on Them

Steaks heated, egg yolk for rubbing and strewing ingredients

The steaks cut from the rump and heated a little are now ready to be rubbed with egg yolk and strewn with a mixture of crumbs of bread, chopped parsley, lemon peel shred fine, pepper and salt, chopped marrow, and grated nutmeg.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | November 17, 2012

Beef Olives: Heat them a Little

Heating Steaks for Beef Olives

The steaks cut from the rump (see previous post) for the Beef Olives needed to be heated a little in a spider before proceeding to the next step.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | November 16, 2012

Beef Olives

Rump steaks for Beef Olives

To prepare the receipt (recipe) for Beef Olives, one starts by cutting steaks from the rump, or inside of the sirloin, half an inch thick, about six inches long, and four or five broad as pictured.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | November 15, 2012

Turkey Patties Presented

Turkey Patties with Pumpkin

The Turkey Patties were presented to the table garnished with pumpkin.  The paste is flakey and the turkey mixture browned nicely.  See my previous post on Turkey Pattie Receipt (recipe) for the ingredients.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | November 13, 2012

Turkey Patties-Receipt

Turkey Patties

This receipt (recipe) for Turkey Patties (patties due to being baked in patty pans) might be something to try with all the turkey we prepare at Thanksgiving.  To make Turkey PattiesMince some of the white parts, and with grated lemon, nutmeg, salt, a very little white pepper, cream, and a very little bit of butter warmed, fill the patties.   This receipt (recipe) is from A New System of Domestic Cookery by A Lady, 1806.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | November 12, 2012

A Bountiful Table-Close Up!

Dinner-Historic Speedwell Hearth Cooking Class

From left to right in the second row of dishes are the Corn Batter Cakes, Beef Olives, and  Carrot Pudding.  The blue and white dish in the center contains Apple Marmalade.  The first row contains Sweet Potato Pudding, Turkey Patties garnished with Pumpkin, and Spelt Flatbread.  It was a wonderful mea prepared by the class participants!

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