Potted Beef For Sandwiches Or Toast

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb stewing beef steak (e.g. chuck steak)
• 1 tablespoon anchovy essence
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly ground
• 4 ounces unsalted butter, sliced
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 set the oven to 275°f
• 2 trim the meat, removing all sinews, and cut into chunks.
• 3 place in an ovenproof dish with a tight-fitting lid.
• 4 sprinkle over the pepper and nutmeg, then drizzle over the anchovy essence.
• 5 lastly, lay the butter over the top.
• 6 cover tightly and cook for at least 5 hours, until the meat is extremely tender (you can put it into the oven a hour or two before you go to bed, then retrieve it when you rise in the morning).
• 7 once it has been in the oven for a couple of hours (or just before you hit the sack), give it a stir, then cover again and leave it be in the oven.
• 8 once it is cooked, cool slightly, then place in a food processor and blitz until smooth, pale and light.
• 9 taste and add salt only if necessary (the anchovy paste will probably have provided quite enough).
• 10 pack into pots, cover with plastic wrap, and stash in the fridge to solidify.
• 11 the potted beef will keep like this for a day or two in the fridge, but if you wish to keep it longer, for up to a week, seal the pots with clarified butter.