Breslaw of Beef

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb undressed roast beef
• 4 oz fine bread-crumbs
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 2/3 teaspoon thyme
• 2 oz butter
• 1/2 cup gravy or cream
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
• 1/2 teaspoon mace or nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 whole eggs
• grated lemon-rind
• fat from the joint

Instructions

1. Trim the brown edges from the roast beef and shred it small.
2. Mix the shredded beef with the fine bread-crumbs, minced parsley, thyme, broken butter, gravy or cream, pepper, cayenne, mace or nutmeg, and salt.
3. Whisk the eggs well and add them to the mixture.
4. Melt a little butter in a deep dish.
5. Pour in the beef mixture and bake for half an hour.
6. Turn the breslaw out onto a serving dish.
7. Send to table with brown gravy in a tureen.