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Potted Beef

By: HEATHER.WRAY 
"Old fashioned potted beef is great on toast. This recipe was invented to be kept for long periods of time unrefrigerated, but in practice it must be kept in the refrigerator and used within a week. Other kinds of meat may be used instead of beef."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 5.0 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (1)

What to Drink?

Wine Syrah
Prep Time:
30 Min
Cook Time:
3 Hrs
Ready In:
4 Hrs

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Original Recipe Yield 4 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 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

Directions

  1. 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.
  2. Pass the cooked stew meat through a meat grinder twice, until it is the consistency of a thick, stringy paste.
  3. In a small saucepan, melt the butter. Filter the melted butter through clean muslin (cheese cloth), to remove the milk solids.
  4. 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.
  5. Transfer the mixture to sterile containers and top with remaining butter. Seal and chill in the refrigerator until serving.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 552 | Total Fat: 47.6g | Cholesterol: 161mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 5.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 30, 2009 by tessa   view full review
I have not made this yet, but it sounds exceptional. I would love to know if there is an...

 

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