Roast Saddle of Mutton

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845
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Modern cookery for private families
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Instructions (6)
  1. The butcher usually raises the skin from the saddle of mutton before sending it in, and skewers it back on to preserve the juices and prevent the fat from browning too much.
  2. Roast the mutton, basting it well.
  3. In less than half an hour before the mutton is done, remove the skin and lightly flour the joint after basting.
  4. Alternatively, remove the skin half an hour earlier and keep the joint at a sufficient distance from the fire to prevent the fat from burning. Allow more time for roasting.
  5. With constant basting, care, and good management, the joint can be roasted properly without papering, pasting, or replacing the skin.
  6. If unremitted attention cannot be given, take precautions to prevent the joint from being spoiled.
Original Text
ROAST SADDLE OF MUTTON. This is an excellent joint, though not considered a very economical one. It is usual for the butcher to raise the skin from it before it is sent in, and to skewer it on again, that in the roasting the juices of the meat may be better preserved, and the fat prevented from taking too much colour, as this should be but delicately browned. In less than half an hour before the mutton is done, remove the skin, and flour the joint lightly after having basted it well. Our own great objection to frothed meat would lead us to recommend that the skin should be taken off half an hour earlier, and that the joint should be kept at sufficient distance from the fire to prevent the possibility of the fat being burned; and that something more of time should be allowed for the roasting. With constant basting, great care, and good management, the cook may always ensure the proper appearance of this, or of any other joint (except, perhaps, of a haunch of venison) without having recourse to papering or pasting, or even to replacing the skin; but when unremitted attention cannot be given to this one part of the dinner, it is advisable to take all precautions that can secure it from being spoiled. 2-1/2 to 2-3/4 hours. More if very large.
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