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Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast




Source of Recipe


Ezine


Recipe Introduction


Sometimes known as "SOS".


List of Ingredients




4 T Butter
1/2 # Mushrooms, sliced
6 oz (dried Chipped Beef
Salt and freshly ground Pepper to taste
1 T Worcestershire Sauce
1 recipe Cream Sauce (see below)
4 to 8 slices toasted White Bread

Cream Sauce

6 T Butter
6 T Flour
1 C Beef or Chicken Broth, or Milk
1 C Heavy Cream
Salt and freshly ground Pepper to taste
A grating of fresh Nutmeg


Recipe



Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan over moderate heat. Add the mushrooms and saute for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the chipped beef and Worcestershire sauce and stir to combine. Remove from the heat. Taste for seasoning with salt and pepper - the chipped beef may already be salty enough. Combine with the cream sauce and
spoon over toasted white bread.
Serves 4.

Cream Sauce:
Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan over moderate heat. Stir in the flour and allow to bubble for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add the liquids and the seasonings and stir constantly with a whisk until thick and creamy.
Makes about 2 C.