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Roast Mutton

Roast mutton in an oven with water and salt.

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

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Wash the mutton thoroughly and dry it with a clean cloth.

  2. Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).

Roast

  1. Place the mutton in a roasting pan with a little water.

  2. Pour 1 cup of boiling water over the meat as it begins to roast.

  3. Roast the mutton for about 12 minutes per pound.

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 main protein; its connective tissue softens into tender meat during long roasting.

“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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