Beef Olives

This is a dish I grew up with. I distinctly remember loving beef olives in the school dinner hall. I always use what I know as beef ham for them; I had to phone a butcher friend of mine whilst writing this to find out what cut of beef provides beef ham. Traditionally beef olives would have been wrapped in pig’s caul fat to hold them together, but I think a cocktail stick is much more user-friendly.