The beef is cooked

Yesterday was the end of the curing process. The beef has shrunk quite a bit with over a pint of fluid coming out of it which if I was minded to do could be used to cook a pork tongue in. Anyone who is vegetarian must think this blog is pretty nasty.

Before cooking the beef looked like this


The beef is taken out of its gloop and then washed and its is then broiled in a sealed pot for, in this case, an hour and a half and then allowed to stand in the pot for another 30 mins.

Here's the meat in the pot for broiling



And after broiling you can get a nice base for a stock




The meat is then allowed to cool and then carved ready for eating



It tastes beautiful. It will be served on Christmas Day for breakfast



Happy Christmas blog fans.