Pot Roast of Beef with Red Wine

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8 to 10

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook

By Anne Willan

Published 2012

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Ingredients

  • 5 ounces (140 g) salted pork fatback
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme

Method

To Lard the Beef

Cut the pork fat into large dice. Work it in a processor with the thyme, marjoram, salt, pepper, cloves, mace, and nutmeg to a coarse paste, 1 to 2 minutes. With the point of a small knife, slash ¾-inch (2