We normally go self catering to Puerto Del Carmen for a fortnight and normally like to cook in a few nights during our stay. Is it possible to buy good quality lean minced steak for bolognaise home made burgers etc? From memory, the mince sold in all the supermarkets, Spar etc, is minced pork

Lanzameat in Old town is a British butchers. They will have minced beef. My local hiperdino albeit in Playa Blanca also does miced beef.
Ray

The Butchers is up at the back of the Old Town at Montana Tropical. Thereare a few bars up there as well, one of them is called Mario's, it's a bit of a land mark.

Most of the big supermarkets will mince any piece of meat you buy. I've often seen people having the meat put through twice to get it extra fine. I know a lady who buys the very best steak and has that minced, because it's all her kids will eat!

I was a butcher so know what I'm talking about, and they sell steak mince in any of the decent sized supermarkets. I buy my mince from Hyperdino's in Deiland and across from airport or the big Eurospar at the rounabout in Arrecife. It's always pretty lean and is no different from beef mince in UK. It's usually pre-packed on a polestyrene tray wrapped in cling film. but I'm sure they'd run it through their mincer again to refine it.

Thanks for the reply zengs. If we decide to buy a piece of meat at the supermarket and get it minced what is the best cut to ask for - would it be rump steak?

It really depends on your taste. Braising/stewing rump is a nice choice for relatively lean mince. However, I prefer to use shoulder steak. They should trim any excess fat off, but I like a little fat for the flavour. Mince on the Laza forum, haha. I spent a drunken night a few years back in the big apple with a crowd of friends discussing which cuts of beef are best for steak pie.