PIMIENTO BEEF LOAF

Ingredients

• 1 pound chopped beef
• 2 tablespoons melted butter or other fat
• 4 cup dry bread crumbs
• 1% cup canned tomatoes
• 1 canned pimiento, chopped
• 1 egg yolk
• V4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Fat salt pork, thinly sliced

Method

1. 1

   Mix ingredients (except salt pork) and press into bread pan.

2. 2

   Turn out on greased cake pan on 3 slices salt pork.

3. 3

   Arrange fine strips of pork over top and bake 1 hour in hot oven (450° F.), basting frequently with stock or boiling water and afterwards with liquid in pan.

4. 4

   Serve with Brown Sauce to which has been added 1 pimiento cut in pieces.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Boston Cooking-School cook book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", James B. Herndon , Herndon/Vehling Collection, Sam Sloan, D. A. Lincoln, page 111. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PIMIENTO BEEF LOAF 1 pound chopped beef 2 tablespoons melted butter or 4 cup dry bread crumbs other fat 1% cup canned tomatoes 2 tablespoons stock or boiling water 1 canned pimiento, chopped 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg yolk V4 teaspoon pepper Fat salt pork, thinly sliced

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