Steps to Prepare Presentation Plating Beef Bourguignon

Potted Beef

Beef bourguignon is one of those recipes that gets better the day after you make it.

Recipe Summary Potted Beef

Old fashioned potted beef is great on toast. This recipe was invented to be kept for long periods of time unrefrigerated, but in practice it must be kept in the refrigerator and used within a week. Other kinds of meat may be used instead of beef.

Ingredients | Presentation Plating Beef Bourguignon

1 pound beef stew meat, cut into 1/2 inch pieces

¼ pound butter

salt to taste

ground black pepper to taste

paprika to taste

ground nutmeg to taste

Directions

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

Pass the cooked stew 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 (cheese cloth), to remove the milk solids.

In a medium bowl, mix the cooked meat with 3/4 of the strained, melted 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.

Info | Presentation Plating Beef Bourguignon

prep: 30 mins cook: 3 hrs additional: 30 mins total: 4 hrs Servings: 4 Yield: 4 servings

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