Sheep’s Heads

Ingredients

• 2 heads
• 3 quarts of cold water
• 2 carrots
• 2 turnips
• 1 onion
• 3 peppercorns
• about 1 tablespoonful of salt
• teacupful of barley
• some butter

Method

1. 1

   Remove the brains and tongue from the heads, clean them thoroughly by soaking in warm water until free from blood, then soak in cold water.

2. 2

   Put the heads and tongues in cold water, bring to a boil, skim, add carrots, turnips, onion, peppercorns, and salt.

3. 3

   Simmer for 2.5 hours; remove heads and tongues, strain stock.

4. 4

   Cut vegetables, return to stock with barley, simmer for 1.5 hours.

5. 5

   Boil brains in some stock for 5 minutes.

6. 6

   Remove bones from heads, cut meat into pieces, skin tongue, cut into lengths, toss brains in butter until slightly brown.

7. 7

   Arrange meat on a baking dish, pour stock over, and bake for 20 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 74. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sheep’s Heads. 2 heads ; remove the brains and tongue from the heads, clean them thoroughly by soaking them in warm water until they are (piite free from blood, then soak them in cold water for a short time. SUNDBIES. 205 Now put the heads and tongues in 3 quarts of cold water, let it come to a boil, and then skim thoroughly ; next put in 2 carrots, 2 turnips, 1 onion, 3 pepper- corns, and about 1 tablespoonful of salt. Simmer gently for 2j hours ; take out the heads and tongues, and strain the stock. Cut the vegetables into small pieces; put them back on the fire with the stock; add teacupful of barley ; let all simmer together for 1^ hour, when the broth ought to be finished. Save some of the stock after it has been strained ; boil the brains in it for 5 minutes. Remove the bones fi’om the head, and cut the meat into pieces, all of about the same size ; skin the tongue and cut it into lengths ; cut the brains in halves ; toss the brains for a few minutes in some butter

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