Braised Mutton

Ingredients

• a piece of tender mutton weighing about three pounds
• four large pieces of salted pork
• the juice of half a lemon
• one tablespoonful of salt
• half the quantity of pepper
• one sprig of thyme
• two bay-leaves
• half a dozen parsley roots
• about two tablespoonfuls of flour
• one quart of broth
• two sliced carrots
• twelve large potatoes cut in halves
• half a dozen tomatoes cut in halves
• a cupful of skinned broad beans
• twelve small glazed onions
• one wineglassful of claret
• a small point of garlic crushed
• a teaspoonful of salt
• the third of that quantity of pepper

Method

1. 1

   Lard the mutton with salted pork and pickle for 12 hours.

2. 2

   Brown in butter, then add flour to the gravy and moisten with broth.

3. 3

   Add vegetables and herbs, cook for 1.5 hours, skim fat, and strain gravy over meat.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 14 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 165. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Braised Mutton. Lard with four large pieces of salted pork a piece of tender mutton weighing about three pounds. Pickle it for twelve hours with the juice of half a lemon, one tablespoonful of salt, half the quantity of pepper, one sprig of thyme, two bay-leaves, and half a dozen parsley roots. Put the meat (after pickling) in a saucepan with an ounce of butter, and let both sides brown well. Take it out; then add to the gravy about two table- spoonfuls of flour, stirring it well, and moisten with one quart of broth, mixing it in slowly while the sauce is boiling. Replace the mutton in the saucepan with two sliced carrots, twelve large potatoes cut in halves, half a dozen tomatoes cut in halves, a cupful of skinned broad beans, and twelve small glazed onions, a strong bouquet of herbs, one wineglassful of claret, a small point of garlic crushed, a teaspoonful of salt, and the third of that quantity of pepper

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