Curried Beef

Name: Curried Beef
Ingredients: 2½ oz. butter or fat; 1 large onion; 1 sour apple; 2 teasp. curry powder; 1½ lb. lean beef; 2½ oz. butter or fat; 2 teasp. chutney; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 4–6 oz. patna rice; 1¼ oz. flour; 1½ pt. strained stock or coconut infusion; 1½ pt. strained stock or coconut infusion; 1–2 teasp. curry paste; gherkins; paprika; 2 teasp. jam or jelly; 2 teasp. jam or jelly; juice of ½ lemon

Preparation info

6
helpings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1871

About

Ingredients

1½ lb. lean beef
2½ oz. butter or fat
1

Main course

Method

Cut the meat into 1-in. cubes. Melt the fat in a stewpan; fry the meat lightly on both sides, then remove and keep hot. Peel and chop the onion; peel, core and slice the apple. Fry them in the fat until golden brown. Add the curry powder and flour and fry gently for 5 min. Add the strained stock or coconut infusion, curry paste, chutney and seasoning; stir until boiling. Replace the meat, cover