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Stewed Steak and Walnuts

A historic Australian dish of steak, stock, pickled walnuts, vinegar and cornflour. Adapted from Stewed Steak and Walnuts, from The Art of Living in Australia (1893).

Adapted from Stewed Steak and Walnuts, in The Art of Living in Australia (1893), preserved in the Open Recipe Archive's The Australian Table collection and marked public domain. The method is condensed from the original and the quantities are restated in modern units; see the archive record at https://github.com/AdamBouhmad/open-recipe-archive/blob/main/collections/australian-table/recipes/stewed-steak-and-walnuts.md.

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Cooking Instructions

  1. Cut the steak into neat pieces

  2. Put it into hot water and bring to the boil

  3. Keep it below boiling point, but simmering very gently for two hours and a half

  4. Mix the cornflour with a tablespoonful of the vinegar from the walnuts and stir it in

  5. Add salt to taste and a small pinch of pepper

  6. Cut up three walnuts and put them in

  7. Bring to simmering point again, and cook for at least another half-hour

  8. Dish neatly

  9. Boil up the gravy and pour over it

Adapted from Open Recipe Archive · The Art of Living in Australia (1893; archive record marked public domain). View a published recipe at Internet Archive (opens in a new tab)