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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.
joint should be weU hung; a fortnight in cold dry weather will not be found too much if for a roast. Rub one of six or seven pounds lightly with salt, and put it before a bright clear fire ; baste continually until done, keeping it at eighteen inches distance from the fire to let the heat peneti-ate the middle. When within twenty minutes of being ready for serving, the joint should be drawn nearer to the fire, dredged slightly with flour, and basted to give it a frothed appearance. Have ready some boiled Spanish onionsMutton, Shoulder of, Roasted, glaze them, put the mutton on a hot dish, make a gravy from the drippings, garnish %vith the glazed onions, and send onion sauce to table in a tureen. Time, a •quarter of an hour to the pound. Probable cost, 9|d. to lOd. per pound. Sufficient for five or six persons. Mutton, Shotdder of. Stewed. — Hang this joint as long as possible in dry cold weather ; for stewing three days will be sufficient. Procure one, not too large or too fat, pare off what is unnecessary of the fat, and use it for a common crust ; take out the bladebone, and fill the space with a forcemeat as for veal, sew up the opening, slice an onion, a carrot, a turnip, and a stick of celery, put them with the mutton into a stewpan, pour in good stock enough to cover, and add a clove of garlic, a bay-leaf, a blade of mace, two cloves, a dessert-spdonful of salt, haJf the quantity of white pepper, and a large pinch of cayenne. Let the whole simmer gently, with the lid closed, for four hours, strain, and thicken the gravy -svith an ounce of butter rolled in flour ; put the meat on a hot dish with a little of the gTavj'-, add to the remainder half the juice of a lemon and a glassful of white wine. Serve with French beans boiled in the usual way, drained and warmed up in good gravy, or with spinach round the dish ; or, having taken out the blade- bone, sprinkle the under side with pepper, salt, chopped parsley, and shred shallot, but use only enough of the latter to give it a slight flavour. Roll the meat into a nice shape, and stew gently for three hours in a braising-pan with a pint of good stock, add salt, a very small pinch of cayenne, a few peppercorns, and a bunch of sweet herbs, and, an hour before serving, a couple of carrots cut into strips, the same of turnips in halves, and four middle-sized onions ; pour in a glass of white wine, and when ready serve the vegetables round the meat, and the gravy over it. Probable cost, 9d. to lOd. per pound. Mutton, Shoulder of. Stuffed. - Having boned a shoulder of mutton, and trimmed off the excess of fat, stretch it out on a pasteboard, and sprinkle over it pepper and salt. Make a sausage-meat with equal quantities of lean pork and bacon (a pound in aU), seasoned with pepper, salt, and a little MUT ( 451 ) MUT Stuffed Shoulder of Mutton