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Mock Brawn

This recipe uses saltpetre.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Mock Brawn

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Rub the belly-piece well with saltpetre and let it sit for 2-3 days.

  2. Wash it clean and boil until nearly cooked.

  3. Boil the neats' feet until tender, remove all bones.

  4. Roll the feet and belly-piece tightly together.

  5. Bind the whole tightly with strong cloth and coarse tape.

  6. Boil until completely tender, then hang it up without removing the string or cloth.

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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