Roast Leg of Pork (No. 50)

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's ... · Kitchiner, William · 1817

Source: The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
Time: Cook: 180 min Total: 180 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

Leg of Pork

A Leg,—(No. 50.)
Of eight pounds

Stuffing

sage and onion, minced fine ↝ Spices, sage, ground [Spices and Herbs]
a little grated bread ↝ Bread, vegetable [Yeast breads]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
the yelk of an egg ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
See Duck Stuffing, (No. 61.) ↝ Duck, wild, breast, meat only, raw [Poultry Products]

For basting/crisping

a little sweet oil

Instructions (5)

Score the skin across in narrow stripes (some score it in diamonds), about a quarter of an inch apart.
Stuff the knuckle with sage and onion, minced fine, and a little grated bread, seasoned with pepper, salt, and the yelk of an egg.
Do not put it too near the fire.
Rub a little sweet oil on the skin with a paste-brush, or a goose-feather.
This makes the crackling crisper and browner than basting it with dripping; and it will be a better colour than all the art of cookery can make it in any other way; and this is the best way of preventing the skin from blistering, which is principally occasioned by its being put too near the fire.

Original Text

A Leg,—(No. 50.)

Of eight pounds, will require about three hours: score the skin across in narrow stripes (some score it in diamonds), about a quarter of an inch apart; stuff the knuckle with sage and onion, minced fine, and a little grated bread, seasoned with pepper, salt, and the yelk of an egg. See Duck Stuffing, (No. 61.)

Do not put it too near the fire: rub a little sweet oil on the skin with a paste-brush, or a goose-feather: this makes the crackling crisper and browner than basting it with dripping; and it will be a better colour than all the art of cookery can make it in any other way; and this is the best way of preventing the skin from blistering, which is principally occasioned by its being put too near the fire.

Notes

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