Potted Beef

Old-fashioned potted meat recipe, made out of cooked beef passed through a food grinder and mixed with butter. Best served on hot bread or toast.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr
• Total Time: 2 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 552 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Transfer the mixture to sterile containers and top with remaining butter. Seal and chill in the refrigerator until serving.

Step 2

Simmer beef in 1/4 inch of water in a heavy medium saucepan. Stew until very tender, replacing water as necessary, about 2 to 3 hours. Drain, reserving the liquid.

Step 3

Pass cooked stew meat through a meat grinder twice, until it is the consistency of a thick, stringy paste.

Step 4

Melt butter in a small saucepan. Filter melted butter through clean muslin (cheesecloth) to remove milk solids.

Step 5

Mix cooked meat with 3/4 of the strained, melted butter in a medium bowl. Season with salt, pepper, paprika, and nutmeg to taste. Stir in desired amount of reserved cooking liquid to moisten.