Mutton, Breast of. Boiled

Ingredients

• the breast of mutton
• forcemeat composed of breadcrumbs
• minced savoury herbs
• a little chopped parsley
• pepper
• salt
• an egg

Method

1. 1

   Take out the bones, gristle, and some of the fat; flatten it on the pasteboard, and cover the surface thinly with forcemeat.

2. 2

   Roll it, tie securely, and boil gently for two hours.

3. 3

   Serve hot with caper sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 957. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mutton, Breast of. Boiled.— Take out the bones, gristle, and some of the fat ; flatten it on the pasteboard, and cover the smrface thinly with a forcemeat composed of bread- crumbs, minced savoury herbs, a little chopped parsley, pepper, salt, and an egg, to bind. The forcemeat should not be spread too near the edge, and when roUed, the breast shotdd be tied securely, to keep the forcemeat in its place. If gently boiled, and sent to table hot, and smothered with good caper sauce, it will be generally Uked. Time, two honrs to boil. Pro- bable cost, 8d. per pound. Mutton, Breast of. To Collar.— Skin til 1 breast, and free it entirely from bone and gristle. When flat on the board, cover it vrith beaten egg, and have ready a forcemeat com- posed of the following ingredients: — A large ( upful of bread-crumbs, some chopped parsley, .1 blade of pounded mace, two cloves, the peel of lialf a lemon, chopped as small as possible, a couple of anchovies, and the yolks of three or four hard-boiled eggs. Mix and pound in a mortar, adding pepper and salt to taste. Cover the breast with the forcemeat, roU it firmly, tie with tape, and put it into a stewpan with boiling water, and simmer gently TintU tender, or bake, if preferred. To boil, two hours ; to bake, twenty minutes to the pound. Probable cost, 7d. to 8d. per pound. Suffi- cient for four or five persons. Mutton, Breast of, with Peas. — Out about two pounds of the breast of mutton

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.