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BRAISED LEG OF MUTTON
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BRAISED LEG OF MUTTON

6 ingredients 2 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

71
Calories
2g
Protein
0g
Fat
16g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • a large bunch of savoury herbs
  • a pint of gravy
  • three onions
  • five carrots
  • two bay leaves
  • three quarters of a pint of gravy

Directions

1

Take out the bone as far as the first joint by the directions of the following receipt; roll some large strips of bacon in a seasoning of mixed spice, and of savoury herbs minced extremely fine or dried and reduced to powder, and with these lard the inside of the boned portion of the joint; or fill the cavity with forcemeat highly seasoned with eschalot or garlic. Sew up the meat, and place it in a braising-pan or ham-kettle nearly of its size, with slices of bacon under and over it, two or three onions, four or five carrots, two bay leaves, a large bunch of savoury herbs, a few bones, or bits of undressed mutton or veal, and about three quarters of a pint of gravy. Stew the meat as softly as possible from four to five hours, and keep live embers on the pan (or, as this mode of cooking is not general in England, set the mutton, if it can be done conveniently, into a moderately-heated oven, after having luted the edges of the vessel in which it is arranged with a bit of coarse paste); lift it out, strain the gravy, reduce it quickly to glaze, and brush the meat with it; or merely strain, free it from fat, and pour it over the mutton. White beans (_haricots blancs_), boiled tender and well drained, or a mild ragout of garlic or eschalots, may be laid in the dish under it. The joint can be braised equally well without any part of it being boned.

2

3 to 5 hours.

By Eliza Acton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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