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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
a fine loin of mutton, and hang it in a cool, airy situation for a week or more. Two days before it is to be dressed, bone it, remove the kidney fat and the skin from the upper part, and i-ub into the meat a powder made of two ounces of brown sugar, an oimce of ground black pepper, and a quarter of an oimce of allspice. Put it into an earthenware pan, pour upon it two or three wine-glassfuls of portMock Venison or Mutton Dressed to Taste like Venison, and cover with the skin. Turn and rub it twice a day. Sponge lightly with lukewarm water to clear it from the spice, dry it perfectly, wrap it in the skin, cover with coarse paste, and roast according to the directions already given for roasting haunch of venison. Serve -with strong unflavourcd mutton gravy and with venison sauce. Time to roast the mutton,, thirteen minutes to the pound, when weighed with the paste. Probable cost, Is. per pound. Venison, Mutton Cooked like.— Take a fillet of the leg of mutton, and steep it VEN ( loss ) VEN for a day or two, according to the season, in a mixture of vinegar, onions, thyme, bay-leaves, salt, nutmeg, and pepper ; then roast the meat, and serve with sauco a la poivrade. Venison, Week of, to Roast.— A neck of venison should not be separated from the shoulder till the buck is quite stiff, otherwise the appearance of both joints will bo spoilt. 8hortcn the rib bones, but do not cut through the fat ; saw off the chine bone, and remove the small bones which cover the liUet part of the neck. Roll the piece of fat from which the bones were taken over the ribs. Wrap the neck in oiled paper, then in a stiff paste of flour and water, and afterwards in greased paper again. Tie the coverings securely on with tape, and roast the neck according to the directions ab-eady given for roasting haunch of venison. When done enough, serve with the same ac- companiments as the haunch. A neck of veni- son should properly be roasted on a cradle spit. When this is not at hand, three skewers should be put through it, and the spit should be put between them and the bones. Although it is best to cover the neck with the paste, this is oftener than not omitted, and the neck is enveloped in buttered paper only. Time to roast a neck of venison, eleven minutes to the pound. Probable cost of venison, very uncertain Venison, Oxford John of.— Take some slices of equal size, and half an inch thick, from a well-kept leg, loin, or neck of venison. Season these rather highly with powdered spice, and fry in hot fat till they are brown on both sides. Put them in a stewpan, pour over them equal portions of claret and strong brown gravy, enough to cover them, and add a table- spoonful of white wine vinegar, half a tea- spoonful of powdered sugar, and a few fried bread-crumbs. Cover the saucepan closely, and heat the sauce gently till it is close upon the point of boiling. Put the slices of venison on a dish, strain the sauce over, and serve very hot. If liked, the slices may be marinaded for an hour or two in the wine, vinegar, and spice, before being fried. Probable cost of venison, very uncertain. Venison Pasty