Spiced Beef Loaf

Name: Spiced Beef Loaf
Ingredients: 3 garlic cloves; 1 teaspoon juniper berries; 1 tablespoon peppercorns; 1 teaspoon allspice (berries or ground); 1 teaspoon allspice (berries or ground); 1 teaspoon allspice (berries or ground); 1 heaped teaspoon salt; 5 rashers of streaky bacon, de-rinded and finely chopped; 1 kg (2 lb) minced beef; 1 glass of red wine

Preparation info

6-8
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Paupers Cookbook

By Jocasta Innes

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

3 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon juniper berries
1 tablespoon

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Chop the garlic very finely and lightly crush it in a mortar with the juniper berries, peppercorns, allspice and salt. Mix the bacon and spices into the minced beef with the wine, and leave for a few hours in a cold place.

Pack the meat mixture tightly into a loaf tin and stand it in a baking tin full of water. Cook in the oven at 170°C (325°F, gas mark 3) for ½ hours, only covering it