Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
Gravy from Roasting a Joint
From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892
Serves 4
Ensure the joint is well-roasted for best flavor.
A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record
Ingredients
- a leg of mutton
- a large pan (called the dripping-pan)
- some flour has been shaken over it
- a basin
- a little water
- a saucepan or frying-pan
Method
Roast the leg of mutton in front of the fire with a dripping-pan underneath to catch the fat.
Once roasted, place it on a hot dish.
Pour off most of the fat from the dripping-pan into a basin, leaving the sediment.
Add a little water to the dripping-pan, rinse it, and pour this into a saucepan.
To thicken the gravy, add a teaspoonful or more of flour mixed first.
As published
This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
large pan (called the drijjping-pan) having been placed underneath it to catch the fat tliat after a short time always drops from a joint placed in front of the fire. The joint, having been roasted sufliciently, has been probably dredged with flour, i.e., some flour has been shaken over it from a round tin bo:x with holes in the lid. After a time, the woman cooking the joint has unhooked it, and placed it on a dish which ought to be a hot one ; she has then taken a basin and poured off" the greater portion of the fat in the dripping-pan into it, leaving the sediment or dregs in the pan. She has then poured a little water into the dripping-pan, and given it a rinse, and poured this into a saucepan or frying-pan ; but as this appears to her too thin, she proceeds to thicken it in the folloAving rough-and-ready way : — She first adds to the contents of her saucepan a tea-spoonful or more of ordinary flom-, this latte:- being first mixed ^/ PRfiNCIPLES A ROAST LEG OF MUTTON
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