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Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with ..

1902

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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Select a nice breast of mutton weighing about eight pounds. Sew it up in a piece òf muslin or any thin cloth. Place it in a kettle with enough water to cover it. Let it stew or boil very slowly for one hour and twenty-five minutes. Remove the oloth and place the meat in a dripping pan. Rub it well with melted butter or drippings. Sprinkle with a little flour and roast in oven for about half or three-quarters of an hour. Baste it of ten with oontents of the pan. Just before serving, sprinkle with fine crumbs and dota of butter. Let it get a nice brown. Gar- nish the dish with parsley. Make a sauce of the strained drip- pings from the meat. MEAT8 167 Ohops à la Signora with Sauoe Cook one tablespoonful of butter and one tablespoonful of flourFillets of Mutton for two minutes. Add one cupfol of white broth and cook io a thick, smooth sauce. Then add one eupful of finely cut cooked chicken, half a cup of finely cut canned mushrooms, and^ if handy, a little finely cut tongue and a little cream. Season to taste with salt, white pepper, and, if desired, a little grated nutmeg. Stir over the fire for five minutes. Spread on a dish and set aside until cold. Select six nice Frenched chops. Split them in half without separating them and season with salt and pepper. Spread a thin layer of chicken between the two layers of each chop. Close each one, giving each ohop its originai form. Dip in beaten egg, then cover with bread crumbs, and f ry in clarified butter until a golden color and well done. Dress them in a circle on a hot dish, arrange a curled paper on each one, and serve with the f oUowing sauce : — Sauce for Ohops Cook two tablespoonfuls each of finely chopped tongue and mushrooms with two tablespoonfuls of Madeira wine until dry. Then add one eupful of Espagnole sauce and one-half cup of stewed, strained tomatoes. Cook five minutes and serve in sepa- rate dish or in the centre of the chop dish. If desired, the chops may rest on pieces of f ried bread the same size as the chops. Boast Saddle of Mutton Trim a small saddle of Southdown mutton. Pulì off the thin skin and make a small cut in the fat. Remove nearly ali the suet inside, also the kidneys. Tie firmly in a neat sliape and roast in quite a hot oven for one hour and a half. Drain, and let it stand in a warm place for ten or fifteen minutes. Skim ali the grease from the drippings, add a little flour and stock, make a brown gravy, and serve in separate dish. Also serve currant jelly. 168 MRS. SEELY'8 COOK BOOK Boiled Leg of Muttr^ ■ Trim a medium-sized leg of mutton, put in a kettle with one bouquet aud enough salted cold water to cover it. Boll for one hour and a half, or until tender. Serve with caper sauce made of plain cream sauce with capers, or HoUandaise sauce with a handful of caperà added. The sauce must be served hot. Mutton Stew Mutton Stew