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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Potted Beef

ingredients

  • servings: 4
  • 1 pound beef stew meat, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 1/4 pound butter
  • salt to taste
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • paprika to taste
  • ground nutmeg to taste

recipe

    preparation time: 30 mins cook time: 3 hrs

    ready time: 4 hrs

  • in a heavy medium saucepan, simmer the beef in 1/4 inch of water. stew until very tender, about 2 to 3 hours, replacing water as necessary. drain, reserving the liquid.
  • pass the cooked stew meat through a meat grinder twice, until it is the consistency of a thick, stringy paste.
  • in a small saucepan, melt the butter. filter the melted butter through clean muslin (cheese cloth), to remove the milk solids.
  • in a medium bowl, mix the cooked meat with 3/4 of the strained, melted butter. season with salt, pepper, paprika and nutmeg to taste. stir in desired amount of reserved cooking liquid to moisten.
  • transfer the mixture to sterile containers and top with remaining butter. seal and chill in the refrigerator until serving.

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