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Roast Leg of Mutton

Never attempt to keep mutton without cooking after it has been beaten.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Roast Leg of Mutton

Ingredients

Directions

  1. The day before cooking, dig a hole in the garden.

  2. Wrap the leg of mutton in a clean white cloth.

  3. Place the wrapped mutton deep in the hole and cover it tightly with earth.

  4. Leave it buried until the next morning.

  5. Dig it out and set it in a cool place.

  6. If using a leg, beat it thoroughly with a rolling pin on all sides before cooking.

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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