Old Fashioned Hash Food

TRADITIONAL ROAST BEEF HASH

Steps:

• Grind the beef, potatoes, and onions together: Take approximately equal proportions of beef, potatoes, and onions and put them through a meat grinder using a medium grinder attachment so that they are well mixed and ground. If you don't have a meat grinder, you can pulse a few times in a food processor, or finely chop by hand.

ROAST BEEF HASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Season meat with salt and pepper and sear on all sides in a hot saute pan. Place meat in a large roasting pan and cover with thyme, garlic, onions, carrots, chicken stock, and potatoes. Braise in the oven for 2 hours or until meat is tender. Strain liquid and place in an ice bath. Cool meat in liquid. Chop roasted onions and potatoes into a small dice. Shred beef and mix with potatoes, onions, chives, and parsley. Raise the oven to 350 degrees F. Heat a 10-inch cast iron skillet and add 1 tablespoon of butter. Place 2 cups of roast beef mix in skillet and place in the oven for approximately 15 minutes or until meat is slightly crisp on outside. Serve with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, if desired.

OLD FASHIONED HASH

Steps:

• Grind meat and onion in food chopper.
• Add mashed potatoes,salt and milk.
• Mix well.
• Place in a casserole and sprinkle crumbs over top.
• Bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit for 30 minutes.

POMMES MATIERE (OLD FASHIONED HASH BROWNS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Coarsely chop/smash potatoes so that they are in small chunks (these are hash browns, after all); season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• In an omelet pan or cast iron skillet, heat oil over medium heat.
• Press potatoes into pan in an even layer; cook until underside is browned (potatoes will be fragrant and edges will start to look golden), about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Place potatoes in oven and cook until the top starts to brown, about 10 minutes (you want it to be stiff enough to flip without breaking).
• Carefully flip onto serving dish (or back into pan).
• Spread sour cream over the top, then sprinkle with cheese.
• Set to broil and return to oven to brown the top, 2 minutes.
• Garnish with chives (Jacques stuck them in a bunch, on end, in the center of the dish); serve in wedges.

ROAST BEEF HASH

Steps:

• In large skillet, cook onion in butter until tender crisp.
• Add remaining ingredients except milk and gravy.
• Whisk milk and gravy together until smooth.
• Add to skillet.
• (If there is no leftover gravy, just increase milk to 1 1/2 cups.) Stir all together and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for approximately 20 minutes or until potatoes are done.
• The liquid should be absorbed.

CORNED BEEF HASH

Steps:

• Put the potatoes in a pan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Cook for about 6-7 mins, then drain.
• Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and cook the onion for 3-4 mins over a medium heat. Add the potatoes and corned beef, and push down with a spatula to crisp up, cooking for about 5 mins. Turn the mixture over, trying not to break up the meat and potatoes too much, then add the Worcestershire sauce. Cook for another 5 mins, pushing down to crisp the base again. Season a little, then serve with baked beans and a sprinkling of parsley, if you like.

OLD-FASHIONED BEEF HASH - DEE DEE'S

Steps:

• 1. Take approximately equal proportions of beef, potatoes, and onions and put them through a meat grinder using a medium grinder attachment so that they are well mixed and ground. NOTE: If you don't have a meat grinder, you can hand chop the ingredients.
• 2. Heat a large frying pan, preferably a cast iron pan, on medium high to high heat. Add the hash to the frying pan so that a half an inch of hash covers the bottom of the pan. If you have more hash to cook, do so in separate batches. Add several tablespoons of Olive Oil. Brown the hash, stirring only infrequently at first to make sure that the hash has an opportunity to brown well. As you cook the hash, add pinches of salt and fresh ground pepper. Do this a couple of times with each batch of hash. Cook for at least 10 minutes and until the hash is well browned.
• 3. Served topped with ketsup, if desired. Or, serve over homemade biscuits as Donna mentioned. Or toss in some corn as Shelley suggested with her beautiful photo....Yum!