Bef A-LA-mode

Ingredients

Contains: wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

• 1 round of beef, trimmed
• 1 pound fat salt pork, cut into strips
• 1/2 pint vinegar
• 3-4 minced shallots or button onions
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 bunch sweet herbs, minced
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• Bread crumbs, enough to make a stiff force-meat

Directions

1. Remove the bone from the beef and trim away tough bits and gristle.

2. Wrap the beef in a strip of stout muslin and stitch the ends together.

3. In a saucepan, heat the vinegar with the minced shallots, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, black pepper, sweet herbs, and brown sugar. Simmer for five minutes, then boil briefly.

4. Pour the hot mixture over the strips of pork in a deep dish and let it cool.

5. Mix enough bread crumbs with the leftover liquid to form a stiff force-meat.

6. Make incisions in the beef, about half an inch apart, and insert the strips of pork.

7. Fill the cavity where the bone was removed with the force-meat and bits of pork.