FRIED SALT BEEF (Cold Meat Cookery)
Origin: London, England
Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861
Ingredients
- A few slices of cold salt beef
- pepper to taste
- 1/4 lb butter
- mashed potatoes
Instructions
- Cut any part of cold salt beef into thin slices, fry them gently in butter, and season with a little pepper.
- Have ready some very hot mashed potatoes, lay the slices of beef on them, and garnish with 3 or 4 pickled gherkins.
- Cold salt beef, warmed in a little liquor from mixed pickle, drained, and served as above, will be found good.