Beef a la Mode

Ingredients

• About 3 lbs. of clod or sticking of beef
• 2 oz clarified dripping
• 1 large onion
• flour
• 2 quart water
• 12 berries of allspice
• 2 bay-leaves
• 1/2 teaspoonful whole black pepper
• salt to taste

Instructions

1. Cut the beef into small pieces, and roll them in flour;
2. put the dripping into a stewpan with the onion, which should be sliced thin.
3. Let it get quite hot;
4. lay in the pieces of beef, and stir them well about.
5. When nicely browned all over, add _by degrees_ boiling water in the above proportion, and, as the water is added, keep the whole well stirred.
6. Put in the spice, bay-leaves, and seasoning, cover the stewpan closely, and set it by the side of the fire to stew very _gently_, till the meat becomes quite tender, which will be in about 3 hours, when it will be ready to serve.
7. Remove the bay-leaves before it is sent to table.