Time; 3 or 4 hours, or to be left in the oven all night.
Sufficient: Allow 1 lb. of meat for 1 pint of good beef tea.
Ingredients
1 lb. of fleshy beef
1-1/2 pint of water
1/4 saltspoonful of salt
Directions
Cut the beef into small square pieces, after trimming off all the fat
Put it into a baking-jar, with the above proportion of water and salt
Cover the jar well
Place it in a warm, but not hot oven, and bake for 3 or 4 hours
When the oven is very fierce in the daytime, it is a good plan to put the jar in at night, and let it remain till the next morning, when the tea will be done
It should be strained, and put by in a cool place until wanted
It may also be flavoured with an onion, a clove, and a few sweet herbs, &c., when the stomach is sufficiently strong to take those.Source: The Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton (1859)
Beef Tea
