Lamb's Head and Mince

Ingredients

• a large onion stuck with three cloves
• two bunches of parsley
• a bunch of thyme
• a carrot
• a turnip
• a bay-leaf
• half a dozen peppercorns
• a tablespoonful of salt
• two quarts of cold water
• half a teaspoonful of pepper
• three or four grates of a nutmeg
• three ounces of butter rolled in flour
• a tablespoonful of mushroom ketchup

Method

1. 1

   Scald, scrape, and wash the head thoroughly.

2. 2

   Put it and the fry into a stewpan with the onion, parsley, thyme, carrot, turnip, bay-leaf, peppercorns, salt, and cold water.

3. 3

   Boil quickly, remove scum, and simmer for an hour.

4. 4

   Mince the heart, liver, lights, brains, and tongue.

5. 5

   Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.

6. 6

   Combine with strained gravy thickened with butter and ketchup.

7. 7

   Simmer for half an hour.

8. 8

   Brush the head with beaten egg, sprinkle with breadcrumbs, and bake until browned.

9. 9

   Serve with mince around the head and garnish with parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 811. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lamb's Head and Mince.— Scald, scrape, and wash the head thoroughly, and put both it and the fry into a stewpan, with a large onion stuck with three cloves, two bunches of parsley, a bunch of thyme, a carrot, a turnip, a bay-leaf, half a dozen peppercorns, a table- spoonful of salt, and two quarts of cold water. Let them boil up quickly, remove the scum as it rises, and simmer gently for an hour. Divide the head, take out the tongue and brains, and fold the two halves in a cloth to dry. Mince the heai-t, liver, half of the lights, the brains, and the tongue (first taking off the skin), very finely. Season with a tea-spoonful of salt, half a tea-spoonful of pepper, and three or four grates of a nutmeg; put the meat into a saucepan with three-quarters of a pint of the strained gravj' thickened with thi-ee ounces of butter rolled in flour, and add a table-spoonful of mushroom ketchu

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