CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Meats |
|
Meats |
8 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
5 |
lb |
Fillet of Beef with fat & |
|
|
skin removed |
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|
Narrow strips of Salt Pork |
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or Bacon for larding |
INSTRUCTIONS
Have meat at room temperature. Preheat oven to 500øF. Place fillet,
larded with pork or bacon on oiled rack in shallow roasting pan. Place
in hot oven and reduce heat to 350øF. Bake without basting about 20
to 30 minutes to the pound, depending on the degree of rareness
desired. Turn out on a large hot platter. Drain fat from drippings,
and make clear thin gravy to be served in separate gravy boat.
Source: The First Ladies Cookbook - 1969 . Chapter on Ulysses & Julia
Grant Posted by: Sandy May 11/93 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster
collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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