Potted Meat

Sir Kenelm Digby’s recipe from The Closet Opened, 1669, headed To Bake Beef, is very close to two eighteenth-century recipes for Potted Meat which I have adapted very slightly for present-day use. Sir Kenelm Digby included herbs and an onion.

Mutton and lamb are not generally considered suitable for potting owing to the very close texture o