To Roast a Haunch of Mutton

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845
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  1. Roast it carefully at a large sound fire, and let it remain at a considerable distance for at least a couple of hours; then draw it nearer, but never sufficiently so to burn or injure the fat.
  2. Keep it constantly basted; flour it soon after it is laid to the fire, instead of frothing it, as this latter mode is not generally relished, though fashion is in its favour.
  3. In from three and a half to four hours, the haunch will be done, and it will require something less of time when not kept back at first, as we have advised.
  4. Serve it with a good Espagnole, or with plain mutton-gravy and currant-jelly.
  5. This joint, when the meat is of very fine quality, may be dressed and served exactly like venison.
Original Text
TO ROAST A HAUNCH OF MUTTON.[79] 79.  We recommend Liebig’s directions for roasting (page 171), to be applied here, and for the joints which follow. This joint should be well kept, and when the larder-accommodations of a house not are good, the butcher should be requested to hang it the proper time. Roast it carefully at a large sound fire, and let it remain at a considerable distance for at least a couple of hours; then draw it nearer, but never sufficiently so to burn or injure the fat. Keep it constantly basted; flour it soon after it is laid to the fire, instead of frothing it, as this latter mode is not generally relished, though fashion is in its favour. In from three and a half to four hours, the haunch will be done, and it will require something less of 235time when not kept back at first, as we have advised. Serve it with a good Espagnole, or with plain mutton-gravy and currant-jelly. This joint, when the meat is of very fine quality, may be dressed and served exactly like venison. 3-1/2 to 4 hours. 5 hours or more by the slow method.
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