Author Notes
This sailors favorite recipe would use chipped beef when facing the high seas but let face it it can be a lot salty. So when on dry land why not use leftover corned beef. Serve on toast for SOS, mashed potatoes, on Holland rusks, English muffins or whatever raft the country you are in offers up. —Bob the sea cook
Ingredients
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1 cup
left over, home made corned beef, finely shredded
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3 tablespoons
bacon grease
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1/3 cup
all purpose flour
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1 cup
whole milk
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1 cup
half and half
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1/4 to 1/2 teaspoons
or more of fresh ground black pepper
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sea salt and failing that sea water
Directions
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Place a 1 1/2 quart sauce pan over medium heat and add the bacon grease. When it is hot add the corned beef and fry the beef until it gets brown.
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Add the flour and stir. Cook the flour until it is nutty smelling. This is important otherwise the flour will taste pasty in the finished gravy.
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Add the milk, half and half and the pepper. Stir and keep stirring until the gravy comes to a boil and thickens. Cook about five more minutes over low heat, taste and season accordingly. If it seems to thick add a little more milk. Serve.
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