Broiled Beef and Oyster Sauce is a traditional British recipe, based on Mrs Beeton's recipe of 1861, for a classic dish of a ring of mashed potatoes filled with oyster sauce and surrounded by strips of grilled beef. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Broiled Beef and Oyster Sauce.
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This is a traditional British recipe redacted from the redoubtable Mrs Beeton's 1861 volume Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, the classic Victorian cookbook.
Original Recipe
BROILED BEEF AND OYSTER SAUCE
(Cold Meat Cookery).
613. INGREDIENTS.—2 dozen oysters, 3 cloves, 1 blade of mace, 2 oz. of butter, 1/2 teaspoonful of flour, cayenne and salt to taste, mashed potatoes, a few slices of cold roast beef.
Mode.—Put the oysters in a stewpan, with their liquor strained; add the cloves, mace, butter, flour, and seasoning, and let them simmer gently for 5 minutes. Have ready in the centre of a dish round walls of mashed potatoes, browned; into the middle pour the oyster sauce, quite hot, and round the potatoes place, in layers, slices of the beef, which should be previously broiled over a nice clear fire.
Time.—5 minutes. Average cost, 1s, 6d., exclusive of the cold meat.
Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons.
Seasonable from September to April.
Modern Redaction
Ingredients:
24 oysters
3 cloves
1 blade of mace
60g butter
1/2 tsp plain flour
salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
cayenne pepper, to taste
mashed potatoes
8 slices of cold, roast, beef
Method:
Shuck the oysters, de-beard and strain their liquor. Combine the oysters, oyster liquor, cloves, mace, butter and flour in a small pan. Season with salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper to taste then bring to a simmer and cook gently for 5 minutes.
In the meantime, form a ring of mashed potatoes on a heat-proof place and place under a grill until browned. Pour the oyster sauce into the middle of the potato ring. Quarter the beef strips and place these under the grill to heat through, turning frequently then arrange the beef around the rim of the potato ring. Serve immediately.
