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Boiled Mutton

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Boiled Mutton

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Weigh and wipe the meat.

  2. Place the meat in a kettle and cover with boiling water. Boil for 5 minutes and remove any scum.

  3. Reduce the heat, cover, and cook below boiling for 25 minutes per pound, plus an additional 25 minutes.

  4. Add salt when the meat is half cooked.

  5. Serve with Caper Sauce.

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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