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Roast Loin of Mutton

Roast Loin of Mutton is a seasoned mutton loin roasted over a clear fire.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Mutton and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,695 recipes. Both carry hexanal, which smells grass, green. The science ↓

Roast Loin of Mutton

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the meat

  1. Trim off excess fat from the loin of mutton.

  2. Ensure the butcher joints the meat properly.

  3. Dredge the meat with flour.

Roast

  1. Prepare a clear fire (not too large).

  2. Baste well until the meat is done.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Mutton + flourtop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,695 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanal (grass, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Loin of mutton
Provides the main meat, whose fat renders and bastes the lean meat as it roasts.
Flour
Forms a coating that browns during roasting and helps the surface hold the basting fat.

The step that matters

Keep the fire moderate. A fire that is too large scorches the floured surface before the thick joint cooks through, so the outside burns while the centre stays underdone. Clear, moderate heat cooks the meat gradually and lets the crust brown evenly.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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