The 1901 Cookbook Archive
No. 801 — Dutch-Style Beef with Pickled Mushrooms
English historical translation of Molokhovets recipe No. 801 from the 1901 Russian cookbook, retaining original methods and measures.
Trim the beef fillet of sinews and salt it. Slice one onion, one carrot and one celery root and put them in a saucepan. Place the beef over them with allspice, bay leaves and butter; roast in the oven, turning.
Slice the cooked beef, interleave with grated horseradish fried in butter, and pour over the roasting sauce brought to the boil with pickled saffron milk caps or porcini.
To provide
3–4 Russian pounds of beef and 1 onion 1 carrot and 1 celery root 20 allspice berries | 5–6 bay leaves and 1–2 spoonfuls of butter 3 spoonfuls of pickled mushrooms |
Historical editorial note: Use only reliably identified and safely preserved edible mushrooms.
Original source: Read Russian recipe No. 801. Historical quantities and terminology are retained. See the measurements guide. Period preparation and storage methods are not modern safety guidance.