American Southern

Potted Beef

Name: Potted Beef
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 each beef shank; 1 each water; 1 each pepper; 1 each mace; 1 each salt

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 36. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

20 minPrep Time

90 minCook Time

8Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

1
Take a beef shank, put it in water sufficient to cover it; boil till tender; remove the bone and cartilage; chop the meat fine, and put back into the kettle with the liquor, which should be one quart; simmer gently; season with salt, pepper, and mace to suit the taste.
2
When cool, cut it in slices, to be passed around like dried beef.
3

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