Braised Beef Recipe 1

Instructions

1. Buy about five pounds of lean beef, bottom round is good, wipe carefully and dredge thickly with flour.
2. Brown on all sides in a frying pan in which a tablespoon of beef fat has been melted.
3. A small onion stuck with cloves may be browned at the same time to give flavor.
4. Place meat and onion in a wide low butter crock or jar and cover with water.
5. Let it cook for eight or nine hours.
6. Two hours before it is done add to the gravy one-half cup each of diced carrot and turnip, one-half teaspoon each of sage and sweet majoram and one teaspoon of salt.
7. Serve on a platter with gravy poured over the meat.