Potted Beef

Ingredients

• i lb. of lean beef
• rub it over with saltpetre
• six small anchovies
• half a pound of butter
• a little cayenne pepper

Method

1. 1

   Rub beef with saltpetre and let it stand for two to three days.

2. 2

   Cover with water in a pot and bake in the oven while baking barley bread.

3. 3

   When cold, cut into small bits and beat fine in a mortar.

4. 4

   Add anchovies and cayenne.

5. 5

   Melt butter, let it cool, pour clear into the meat, and mix well.

6. 6

   Store in pots and cover with clarified salt butter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery and housekeeping (1882) by Reeve, Henry Mrs., page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potted Beef. Take i lb. of lean beef, rub it over with saltpetre, taking care not to make it too salt ; let it stand two or three days, then put it in a pot, and cover it with water ; bake it in the oven when barley bread is baking, and when cold cut it into small bits and beat it till it is fine in a marble mortar, add six small anchovies and a little cayenne pepper ; melt half a pound of butter

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