The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

646. INGREDIENTS.--About 5 lbs. of the inside of the sirloin, 2 glasses

of port wine, 2 glasses of vinegar, a small quantity of forcemeat (No. 417), 1 teaspoonful of pounded allspice. _Mode_.--Take the inside of a large sirloin, soak it in 1 glass of port wine and 1 glass of vinegar, mixed, and let it remain for 2 days. Make a forcemeat by recipe No. 417, lay it on the meat, and bind it up securely. Roast it before a nice clear fire, and baste it with 1 glass each of port wine and vinegar, with which mix a teaspoonful of pounded allspice. Serve, with a good gravy in the dish, and send red-currant jelly to table with it. _Time_.--A piece of 5 lbs. about 1-1/2 hour before a brisk fire. _Average cost_, for this quantity, 5s. 4d. _Sufficient_ for 4 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time. BEEF ROLLS (Cold Meat Cookery).