Shoulder of Mutton Farcied

Ingredients

• Bone a shoulder of mutton
• half of its weight of fat salt pork
• an ounce of ham
• a medium-sized onion
• four ounces of bread-crumbs
• an egg
• a pinch of salt
• a pinch of pepper
• a very little nutmeg
• a sliced onion
• a carrot
• two bay-leaves
• two branches of thyme
• one clove of garlic
• three cloves
• three pepper-corns
• three quarters of its height with consomme
• a claret-glass of white wine

Method

1. 1

   Bone the shoulder, chop the meat with fat pork and ham, mix with onion, breadcrumbs, egg, and seasonings.

2. 2

   Fill the shoulder, sew it up, and cook with onion, carrot, bay leaves, thyme, garlic, cloves, and peppercorns in consomme and white wine for two hours, basting occasionally.

3. 3

   Serve with reduced liquor.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from French dishes for American tables (1886) by Caron, Pierre, page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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