A FIFTH generation Tipperary butcher’s special recipe has been shortlisted for a prestigious industry award in London next week.
Beef Dripping, produced in Clonmel by Pat Whelan, has just been announced as one of the Top 50 best foods in Britain and Ireland.
Of 10,000 entries to the Great Taste Awards, just 153 were awarded a Great Taste 3 Star, and James Whelan Butchers Beef Dripping has now been further selected as a 2014 Top 50 Food and shortlisted for a Great Taste Golden Fork Award.
Praised by the judges as “an absolute showstopper” with “tremendous, deep beefy flavours” which “blew us all way”, the Beef Dripping is made from the suet of grass fed Angus and Hereford beef.
Seeing the upsurge of interest in heritage foods and traditional ingredients, Pat Whelan was inspired to create his own beef dripping.
“It’s the taste of my childhood,” he said. “Our Beef Dripping is nutrient rich, high in omega-3 acids, clean, pure and carries great flavour, whether for frying a steak, roasting potatoes, or simply slathered onto good bread.”
The Great Taste Awards is organised by the Guild of Fine Food and is the benchmark for speciality food and drink. It is judged by over 400 of the most demanding palates belonging to food critics, chefs, cooks, members of the Women’s Institute, producers and a host of food writers and journalists.
The Golden Fork Award winners will be announced in London on September 8.
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