Easy Potted Beef
This is a way to make an easy and economical sandwich spread from stew beef. It's excellent at picnics!
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 500g beef stew meat, diced
- 100g butter
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- paprika to taste
- ground nutmeg to taste
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:3hours ›
Ready in:3hours30min
- In a heavy medium saucepan, simmer the beef in 1cm of water. Stew until very tender, about 2 to 3 hours, replacing water as necessary. Drain, reserving the liquid.
- Pass the cooked 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 (cheesecloth), to remove the milk solids.
- In a medium bowl, mix the cooked meat with 3/4 of the 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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Reviews in English (3)
I have not made this yet, but it sounds exceptional. I would love to know if there is an easier way to grind or puree the meat. - 28 Jun 2009 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Took shortcuts. Instead of melting and straining butter through muslin, use tinned ghee (clarified butter) instead. - 05 Aug 2008 (Review from Allrecipes UK & Ireland)
Makes really good patte. Used overcooked meat and a food processor also added a few tablespoons of sour cream at the end came out very good. - 23 Jul 2018 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)