Mutton or Ham Bone and Potatoes

Ingredients

• 1 Bone of Mutton or Ham
• 1 Onion
• 1 oz. Butter
• 1 oz. Flour
• i pint Water or Stock
• 1 lb. Potatoes

Method

1. 1

   Put the butter into a saucepan, and when it is hot put in the flour; mix together smoothly, pour in the water or stock, and stir until it boils.

2. 2

   Joint up a mutton or ham bone and lay it in; if it is mutton, add a little salt.

3. 3

   Bring it to the boil, put in the onion whole stuck with two cloves, and simmer for half an hour or longer; then peel the potatoes, cut them in half and put them in, and cook until they are soft.

4. 4

   Take out the bones and place on a dish, put the potatoes round, and pour the sauce over.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of living in Australia (1893) by Philip E. Muskett, page 209. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MUTTON OR HAM BONE AND POTATOES. 1 Bone of Mutton or Ham 1 Onion 1 oz. Butter 1 oz. Flour i pint Water or Stock 1 lb. Potatoes

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