329. Saddle of Lamb, Russian fashion

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (13)
for the saddle
for the potatoes
for the sauce
Instructions (11)
  1. Roast a small saddle of lamb, keeping it pale; having had it covered with paper
  2. mash them with about two ounces of butter, a teaspoonful of salt, a quarter ditto of pepper, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, and a little grated nutmeg
  3. mix all well together with a fork, adding half a gill of milk and one egg
  4. when cold, roll them into a long shape the size of plover’s eggs
  5. egg and bread-crumb twice
  6. fry light colored
  7. dress the saddle
  8. surround it with the potatoes
  9. make a sauce of melted butter and maître d’hôtel butter, No. 285
  10. put in it, and pour it round, and serve
  11. All joints of lamb can be dressed thus.
Original Text
329. Saddle of Lamb, Russian fashion.—Roast a small saddle of lamb, keeping it pale; having had it covered with paper, take ten good-sized boiled potatoes, mash them with about two ounces of butter, a teaspoonful of salt, a quarter ditto of pepper, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, and a little grated nutmeg; mix all well together with a fork, adding half a gill of milk and one egg; when cold, roll them into a long shape the size of plover’s eggs, egg and bread-crumb twice, and fry light colored; dress the saddle, surround it with the potatoes, make a sauce of melted butter and maître d’hôtel butter, No. 285, put in it, and pour it round, and serve. All joints of lamb can be dressed thus.
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