Sliced Beef in Aspic

• 8 slices rare roast beef
• ½ teaspoon thyme
• ½ teaspoon</

Arrange overlapping slices of cold rare beef in a shallow serving dish. Sprinkle with thyme, basil, salt and pepper. Garnish with rows of carrot slices and button onions; decorate with leaves of chervil, tarragon or parsley.

Heat Madeira aspic; add Worcestershire sauce and a few grains of cayenne pepper; cool until the aspic is syrupy. Pour aspic over the beef slices and chill in the re