318. Boiled Leg of Mutton

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (6)
mutton
vegetables
sauce
Instructions (11)
  1. Cut the end of the knuckle from the leg.
  2. Put it into an oval pan, in which there is sufficient water to cover it.
  3. Throw in about one ounce of salt.
  4. Place it upon a sharp fire until it is on the point of boiling.
  5. Remove to the side.
  6. In five minutes remove the scum.
  7. Let it simmer gently.
  8. If the turnips are to be boiled with it, peel and slice them, and put them into the pan half an hour before the mutton is done.
  9. It must be again put on the fire for a few minutes, as the turnips have stopped the boiling.
  10. Dress it upon a dish with the turnips round it, or mash separate, and with caper or gherkin sauce.
  11. The broth may be reduced for soup.
Original Text
318. Boiled Leg of Mutton.—This I prefer of the Southdown breed, and ewe is equally as good as doe. Cut the end of the knuckle from the leg, put it into an oval pan, in which there is sufficient water to cover it, throw in about one ounce of salt, place it upon a sharp fire until it is on the point of boiling, then remove to the side, and in five minutes remove the scum, and then let it simmer gently; if the turnips are to be boiled with it, peel and slice them, and put them into the pan half an hour before the mutton is done; it must be again put on the fire for a few minutes, as the turnips have stopped the boiling; dress it upon a dish with the turnips round it, or mash separate, and with caper or gherkin sauce: the broth may be reduced for soup.
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