Braised Beef in Pastry

Name: Braised Beef in Pastry
Yield: Makes 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 beef bone, sawn in pieces; ½ pint well-flavoured beef stock; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 calf’s foot, split; 1 Spanish onion, finely chopped; ½ pint well-flavoured béchamel sauce; 1 pound button mushrooms, finely chopped; 1 boned loin of beef (about 3 pounds); 2 tablespoons olive oil; ¼ pound butter; ½ pint dry white wine; ¼ pound unsmoked bacon, diced; puff pastry; 1 egg, beaten

Preparation info

Makes
12
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Robert Carrier Cookbook

By Robert Carrier

Published 1965

About

Ingredients

1 boned loin of beef (about 3 pounds)
¼ pound butter

Main course

Method

Melt half the butter in a thick-bottomed heatproof casserole; add olive oil and diced bacon, and sauté meat in this amalgamation of fats until it is well browned on all sides. Add dry white wine, stock, beef bone, calf’s foot and barely enough hot water to cover the meat. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cover casserole and simmer gently for 3½ to 4 hours. Remove the m