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Roast Saddle of Mutton

Roast saddle of mutton is a whole mutton joint roasted with optional basting liquid.

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 Saddle of Mutton

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Have the butcher remove the skin and skewer it back on.

  2. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).

Roast

  1. Roast the mutton, basting frequently to keep it moist.

  2. Ensure the joint is kept at a distance from the fire to prevent burning.

  3. Roast for 1.5 to 2 hours, depending on the size.

  4. About 30 minutes before it's done, remove the skin and lightly dust the joint with flour.

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).

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What each ingredient does

Mutton saddle
Forms the main joint; its fat and meat are cooked through by the roasting.
Flour
Dusted on the surface near the end to help form a light, browned crust.

The step that matters

Removing the skin and dusting with flour about 30 minutes before done. Timing matters: removing the skin late lets the surface dry and brown, and flour dusted on the exposed fat helps form a crust. Doing it too early can leave the joint pale and dry, and doing it too late gives little browning.

“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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