Ragout of Mutton
A classic mutton ragout recipe.
Ingredients
- 3 lbs Mutton, boneless, cut into strips
- 2 Lamb sweetbreads
- 1 cup Gravy (Made from bones, skin, etc., trimmings of the meat.)
- 2 Eggs
- 1/4 lb Salt pork
- 1 Onion (Fried)
- 1 cup Green peas
- as needed Pepper
- as needed Salt
- as needed Parsley
- as needed Dripping (For frying)
- as needed Flour (For thickening, browned)
Instructions
- 1Cut the mutton into strips approximately 3 inches long and 1 inch wide. Parboil the sweetbreads, then plunge them into cold water to blanch. Wipe and slice the sweetbreads.
- 2Fry the onion in plenty of dripping until softened. Add the mutton and fry for 5 minutes, until lightly browned.
- 3Fry the sliced sweetbreads in the same fat until lightly browned.
- 4Place the sliced salt pork in the bottom of a saucepan. Layer the mutton on top, followed by the sweetbreads, then the onion and green peas. Season with pepper and salt. Cover with the gravy. Put on a close lid and stew gently for 1 hour after the boil sets in.
- 5Remove the meat and sweetbreads from the saucepan. Thicken the gravy with browned flour. Pour the thickened gravy onto the beaten eggs, stir for 1 minute over the heat, and then pour over the meat. Serve immediately.