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Meat Tea Steamed

4 servings

Ingredients

• Beef, best, without fat and sinews (as needed)

Instructions

1. Cut the best beef, free of fat and sinews, into small, walnut-sized pieces and place them in a clean, wide-necked bottle.
2. Cork the bottle tightly, wrap it in a kitchen towel, and place it in a pot with cold water on the stove.
3. As soon as the water boils, ensure it continues to boil steadily, adding more boiling water as needed.
4. After the meat in the bottle has cooked for about 4 hours, remove the bottle, open it, and pour the resulting meat juice through a linen cloth.
5. The meat tea is given to the patient by the spoonful as prescribed.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.