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Mutton Broth

A clear broth made by simmering mutton in water until tender.

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

Mutton Broth

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Weigh the mutton.

  2. For each pound of mutton, use 1 pint of water.

  3. Simmer the mutton in the water until tender.

  4. Strain the broth and serve warm.

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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What each ingredient does

Mutton
Provides the meat flavour and gelatin that give the broth body as it simmers.

“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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