Also used on 12/25 and 26 over meatballs. One cup used, one frozen.

Test Recipe 12/19/21
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped leek
- 2tps ground or crushed brown mustard seeds
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 cup frozen raspberries
- 1 cup frozen blackberries
- 1 cup mead
Method
- Chop the leek finely
- Melt butter in a pot.
- Sauté the leek with the mustard seeds in the drippings.
- Add all the fruits to the pot and let them boil until they are soft and mushy.
- Crush the fruits in the pot with a spoon.
- Serve warm over beef.
Original Recipe – Hedeby, Berry Sauce for Red Meat from An Early Meal by Serra & Tunberg ©2013 ISBN 978-91-981056-0-5 pg.100
Ingredients
- 600g beef
- 125g wild leek or scallions
- 2tps ground or crushed brown mustard seeds
- 1TBSP drippings (if you roast the beef, otherwise some other fat)
- 250g plums
- 125g raspberries
- 125g blackberries
- 1dl mead
- 1tsp dried mint
- Fresh mint for garnish
Method
- Boil or roast the beef.
- Chop the leek finely
- Melt drippings in a pot.
- Sauté the leek with the mustard seeds in the drippings.
- Core and chop plums
- Add all the fruits to the pot and let them boil until they are soft and mushy.
- Crush the fruits in the pot with a spoon.
- Press the fruits through a sparse woven cloth or strainer to extract as much juice as possible
- Pour the fuit juice back into the pot and reheat it.
- Slice the meat thin and put it in a serving dish.
- Pour the sauce over the meat and sprinkle with mint.
- Serve warm.
Notes
- I think this could be frozen, which means that it could be done a ways ahead.
- I think this would be good with a simple roast beef. i.e. just roasted with salt.
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Last updated 12/26/21