To force a Quarter of LAMB

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Yield
1.0 quarter
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Ingredients (10)
Instructions (11)
  1. Cut off the shank from the hind quarter.
  2. Raise the thick part of the flesh from the bone with a knife.
  3. Stuff the place with white force-meat, and stuff it under the kidney.
  4. Half roast the lamb quarter.
  5. Put the lamb in a tossing-pan with a quart of mutton gravy.
  6. Cover it close up and let it stew gently.
  7. When it is enough, take it up and lay it on your dish.
  8. Skim the fat off the gravy and strain it.
  9. Put in a glass of Madeira wine, one spoonful of walnut catchup, two of browning, half a lemon, a little Chyan, and half a pint of oysters.
  10. Thicken the gravy with a little butter rolled in flour.
  11. Pour the hot gravy on the lamb and serve it up.
Original Text
To force a Quarter of LAMB. TAKE a hind quarter, and cut off the shank, raise the thick part of the flesh from the bone with a knife, stuff the place with white force- meat, and stuff it under the kidney, half roast it, then put it in a tossing-pan, with a quart of mutton gravy, cover it close up, and let it stew gently: when it is enough, take it up, and lay it on your dish, skim the fat off the gravy, and strain it, then put in a glass of Madeira wine, one spoonful of walnut catchup, two of brown- ing, half a lemon, a little Chyan, half a pint of oysters, thicken it with a little butter rolled in flour, pour your gravy hot on your lamb, and serve it up.
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