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Leg of mutton marinated and larded like game

  • Serves 6
  • about 2½ hours, plus 3 days marinating
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Modernizētslpp. 278 · PDF 292
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The book marinates the leg in vinegar for 8 days; we use 3 days in the fridge. The amounts are ours.

Method

6 soļi
  1. Cut off all the skin and the outer layer of fat. Beat the leg lightly all over with a mallet.
  2. Put it in a non-metallic dish or a large food bag, pour over the diluted vinegar, cover and marinate in the fridge for 3 days, turning it once a day.
  3. Drain and pat dry. Cut the fat into strips and lard the leg all over with a larding needle.
  4. Heat the oven to 180 °C (fan 160 °C). Roast the leg on a rack over a tin, basting with the salted water for the first 30 minutes, then with butter every 20 minutes.
  5. Roast until the thickest part reaches 60–65 °C, about 1½–1¾ hours. Rest for 20 minutes.
  6. For the sauce, melt the butter in a pan, stir in the flour and cook, stirring, until dark brown, 5–6 minutes. Strain in the pan juices, skimmed of fat, add the water or stock and boil for 5 minutes.

Notes

What the book says vs. what we added

the leg skinned, beaten soft, left in vinegar for 8 days, larded, roasted on the spit after basting first with salted water and then with butter, and served with a well-browned sauce are the book's. The diluted marinade, the 3 days, the oven, the temperatures and the roux are ours.

Why "like game"

soaking in vinegar and larding were how venison and game birds were prepared (compare 02-076, black grouse). Mutton treated this way was meant to eat like venison.

Marinade

8 days in neat vinegar at cellar temperature is too long by today's standards; keep it in the fridge and cook it within 3 days.

On a rotisserie

spit the larded leg and baste it from the drip tray in the same order, to the same core temperature.

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