Hash of Cold Mutton or Beef

Ingredients

• Bones and trimmings of a cold joint
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 0.5 teaspoon Whole pepper
• 0.5 teaspoon Allspice
• Savoury herbs
• Fried onion
• Carrot
• 1 oz Butter
• Flour
• Water
• pinch Brown sugar
• Tomato sauce
• pinch Cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. Chop the bones very fine and put into a stewing-pan with salt, pepper, and spices.
2. Cover with boiling water and let the whole simmer gently for two hours.
3. Slice and fry the onions till a pale brown.
4. Mix the fried onions with the gravy made from the bones.
5. Boil a little while, then strain and put back into the saucepan.
6. Thicken with a little flour rubbed in butter, or a little plain browned flour, a pinch of brown sugar, and some tomato sauce.
7. Let it all boil well.
8. Put in your nicely cut-up meat, taking care that it never boils, or it immediately becomes hard.
9. Serve with toast round the dish, or fried sippets.