Boiled Leg of Mutton with Caper Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 leg of mutton
• one small carrot sliced
• one turnip sliced
• four slices onion
• two sprays parsley
• one-half teaspoon peppercorns
• one tablespoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Wipe meat and pound gently.

2. 2

   Place in a kettle, cover with cold water, and add carrot, turnip, onion, parsley, bay leaf, and peppercorns.

3. 3

   Bring to boiling point, boil for five minutes, skim, reduce heat, and simmer until tender (2-3 hours).

4. 4

   Add salt the last hour of cooking.

5. 5

   Serve with caper sauce.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fifty-two Sunday dinners (1913) by Elizabeth O. Hiller, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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