A GOOD BEEF GRAVY FOR POULTRY, GAME, &c

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb lean beef
• 1/2 pint cold water
• 1 shalot or small onion
• 1/2 a teaspoonful of salt
• a little pepper
• 1 tablespoonful Harvey's sauce or mushroom ketchup
• 1/2 a teaspoonful of arrowroot

Instructions

1. Cut up the beef into small pieces, and put it, with the water, into a stewpan.
2. Add the shalot and seasoning, and simmer gently for 3 hours, taking care that it does not boil fast.
3. A short time before it is required, take the arrowroot, and having mixed it with a little cold water, pour it into the gravy, which keep stirring, adding the Harvey's sauce, and just letting it boil.
4. Strain off the gravy in a tureen, and serve very hot.