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Saddle of Mutton
Selle de mouton rôtie teaches that the roast is decided before the oven: trim cleanly, fold the flanks close, tie firmly, then carve rosy slices beside vegetables glossed with real butter.
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Leg and Shoulder of Mutton
Choose the cut, then roast by its nature: a rosy gigot or tightly rolled shoulder, both deeply browned and served with a glossy pan jus built from the fond.
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Rognons Sautés Carvalho
Rognons sautés Carvalho turns a fast kidney sauté into a composed dinner: crisp cockscomb croûtons, mushroom and truffle on every piece, and Madeira demi-glace mounted with butter at the last breath.
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Rognons Brochette au Vert Pré
Butterflied kidneys, pinned open on skewers and grilled over fierce heat, with pommes paille and vivid parsley: a classical grill lesson in exact trimming, dry surfaces, and stopping at the right second.
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Noisettes de Mouton
Small rounds of lamb loin meet a fiercely hot pan for minutes, then take one classical tournedos garnish. Dry meat, real clarified butter, and nerve make the dish.
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Pieds de Mouton Rouennaise
Pieds de mouton à la rouennaise turns humble sheep's trotters into bronzed parcels of yielding tenderness and savory forcemeat, held by caul, glossed with butter, and gently grilled.
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Gigot à la Soubise
A glazed braised leg with silken onion-and-rice Soubise made in the joint's own liquor, proving that the sauce must share the braise to carry its full sweetness and savor.
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Mutton Kidneys
Mutton kidneys sliced thin, seared hard in butter, drained briefly, and returned only after the glossy pan sauce is finished: the quick supper whose tenderness depends on never boiling.
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Côtelettes à la Murillo
Butter-fried lamb cutlets carry a domed mushroom hash bound with reduced béchamel, then meet fierce heat beneath Parmesan before glossy peppers and tomatoes gather around the crown.
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Cassoulet
White beans, pork, mutton, and garlic sausage settle into a rind-lined cocotte beneath a burnished crust. Baste it, let the crust return, and the Southwest's great casserole proves patience is an ingredient.
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Rognons Sautés Bercy
Lamb kidneys meet a fierce pan, then a shallot and white-wine reduction takes meat glaze, lemon, and cold butter: quick cooking with no room for hesitation, and a sauce worth every second.
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Cutlets
Côtelettes teach the discipline of fierce heat and short cooking: grill them bare for a bronzed edge and rosy centre, or fry the Anglaise-coated version in clarified butter until the crust holds fast.
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Turban de Rognons à la Piémontaise
A saffron risotto crown carries butter-seared kidneys and black truffle beneath a glossy tomatéd half-glaze, a grand-kitchen composition made practical through timing, one hot mould, and one decisive pan.
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Sheep’s Tongues
Langues de mouton make thrift taste deliberate: small tongues braised until yielding, peeled warm, and folded through sauce piquante, where vinegar, cornichons, fond, and butter sharpen their deep, gentle richness.
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Baron or Pair of Hind-quarters of Mutton
A true baron keeps saddle and both legs together, then asks for disciplined trimming, tight trussing, and patient roasting before it reaches the table bronzed, juicy, and ringed with buttered vegetables.
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Rognons à la Brochette
Mutton kidneys split but kept hinged, held flat on skewers, grilled under fierce heat, and finished with a hazelnut of maître d’hôtel butter: quick French cooking with nowhere to hide.
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Rognons Sautés Turbigo
Mutton kidneys seared fast in butter, ringed with browned chipolatas and small mushrooms, then covered in a peppery tomatéd half-glaze: a lesson in fierce heat, swift hands, and proper timing.
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Neck of Mutton
Carré de mouton turns an economical neck rack into a burnished centerpiece: trim with care, protect the cushion with bacon, roast on the bone, and let a short rest keep every slice rosy.
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Double or Pair of Legs of Mutton
Two lamb legs left joined, trussed into one even roast and cooked slowly over their own fond, with butter-bound flageolets and bronze potatoes for a generous French table.
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Daube Froide
Yesterday’s daube becomes tomorrow’s cold luncheon: collagen-rich beef and pork rind packed into a small mold, set in its own clear jelly, turned out, and carved thin beside a bright ring of chopped jelly.
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Braised Leg of Mutton
Gigot de mouton braisé takes a deeply browned joint through a quiet white-stock braise, then turns its strained liquor into the glaze and sauce, proof that patience, not complication, gives mutton its dignity.
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Côtelettes en Chaudfroid
Cold lamb in a mahogany glaze, each tender neck cutlet carrying black truffle beneath clear aspic: a lesson in braise, reduction, and the exact moment a chaud-froid sauce coats without running.
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Côtelettes de Mouton à la Reforme
Ham-flecked crumbs, juicy mutton, clarified butter, and a sharp-sweet poivrade half-glaze: a clubland classic whose discipline lies in gentle frying and a julienne cut fine enough to season every spoonful.
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Côtelettes à la Maintenon
Côtelettes à la Maintenon turns a lamb cutlet into a lesson in sequence: sear one face, crown it with Maintenon, then gratiné the crumbs while the meat finishes beneath.
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Rognons Sautés à l’Indienne
Lamb kidneys seared fast in butter, then folded into a smooth onion-curry velouté and warmed without boiling, with rice à l’Indienne served separately to catch every glossy spoonful.
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Côtelettes à la Suédoise
Marinated lamb cutlets wear a butter-gold crumb and circle a tart apple purée, with fresh horseradish added at the last moment so its clean bite cuts every rich mouthful.
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Daube à l’Avignonnaise
Red-wine mutton, larded with bacon and sealed beneath more bacon, onion, rind, and orange peel, cooks five quiet hours until the daube turns spoon-tender and its sauce shines deep garnet.
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Rognons Sautés Bordelaise
Rognons sautés bordelaise turns a swift, fierce sear into supper: rosy lamb kidneys glazed with wine-dark Sauce Bordelaise, poached marrow, parsley, and cèpes browned in butter.
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Haricot de Mouton
Mutton browned to a frizzled coat, bacon and onions colored in lard, then white beans folded through a garlic-scented sauce: a thrifty braise whose depth comes from fond, flour, and patience.
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Gigot à la Boulangère
Gigot à la boulangère turns one roasting dish into the whole kitchen: lamb bronzes first, then onions and thick potato rounds drink the drippings until crisp-edged, tender, and ready for the table.
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Croûte aux Rognons
Croûte aux rognons turns a fast kidney Sauté into supper: crisp buttered bread cups, bronzed mushrooms, tender little forcemeat quenelles, and black truffle, all heaped high and carried to the table fiercely hot.
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Minion Fillets
These tender muscles beneath the lamb saddle teach a precise rule: sauté the small ones whole, flatten and gently grill the large, then serve them with a bright, buttered macédoine.
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Côtelettes Laura
A lesson in structural garnishing: lamb cutlets, creamed macaroni, and caul become one crisp, bronzed parcel under fierce heat, finished with a precise ribbon of tomato demi-glace.
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Large Cold Joints of Mutton
Grosses pièces froides de mouton teach the cold-table art of restraint: chill the roast well, remove every firm seam of fat, and carve thinly across the grain before arranging it without fuss.
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Rognons Sautés Hongroise
Rognons sautés hongroise turns a fierce, brief sear into tender kidneys under a paprika, cream, and velouté sauce, with one governing rule: once the meat returns, the pan must never boil.
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Irish Stew
Mutton, potato, and onion are layered raw, barely moistened, and cooked gently until the meat yields and the potato becomes its own liaison: a plain pot whose discipline lies in proportion and patience.
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Côtelettes à la Sévigné
One-sided frying, a cool mushroom and artichoke crown, and a crisp à l’anglaise coat: these lamb cutlets teach how separate textures finish together under one fierce oven.
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Pieds de Mouton Tyrolienne
Tender sheep’s trotters, glossy with tomato, onion, garlic, and Poivrade, prove that the final ten-minute simmer is an exchange: gelatin enriches the sauce while pepper and acidity wake the meat.
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Gigot Bouilli à l’Anglaise
Gigot à l’anglaise proves that plain water can cook with precision: rosy lamb, sweet roots, and caper-bright butter sauce, all decided by one quiet simmer and an honest thermometer.
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Rognons Brochette à l’Espagnole
Skewered kidneys prove that offal rewards speed: lamb kidneys grilled just through, set over tomatoes melting with capsicum maître-d’hôtel butter, then circled with crisp fried onion.
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Fillets of Mutton
Filets de mouton teach the roast through the knife: saddle halves skinned, rolled tightly around their kernels, tied evenly, then brought to a bronze crust and a rosy, juicy centre.
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Pieds de Mouton Poulette
Freshly simmered lamb trotters, drained hot and folded through Sauce Poulette, prove that a small velouté still demands full attention: temper the yolk, keep it below a boil, and serve at once.
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Côtelettes en Belle Vue
Côtelettes en Belle Vue turn cold veal into a lucid showpiece: tender chops, black truffle, and chervil sealed beneath clear Madeira aspic, with every decoration held exactly where the cook placed it.
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Cold Leg of Mutton
Cold mutton at its most disciplined: a properly chilled leg, carved in fine, even slices and laid plainly on the plate, because good meat and clean carving need neither camouflage nor ceremony.
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Fritôt of Sheep’s Trotters
Tender sheep’s trotters under a light, dry golden shell, sharpened with lemon and parsley and served with tomato sauce apart: a lesson in drying, battering, and frying without heaviness.
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Rognons Sautés Chasseur
Rognons sautés chasseur teaches the clean rhythm of a sauté: brown the kidneys fast, reduce the wine nearly dry, then toss them once through glossy mushroom-and-tomato sauce. Heat, timing, and no boiling.
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Sheep’s Trotters
Pieds de mouton au blanc teach the quiet power of a protected poach: properly prepared trotters, held beneath a flour-and-lemon blanc until pale, supple, and rich with their own gelatin.
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Currie à l’Indienne
Mutton, onion, curry, and a flour-bound sauce prove the classical lesson: frizzle well, cook the roux, then let gentle heat turn a spare pantry into a generous supper.
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Côtelettes à la Provençale
Butter-fried lamb cutlets, cooked on one side only, carry a garlic-and-egg Béchamel glaze, a browned mushroom cap, and an anchovy-girdled olive: a precise Provençal garnish made practical for four.
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Brochettes de Rognons
Fierce heat sets lamb kidney before bacon, mushrooms, butter, and crumbs meet the broiler, producing bronzed skewers with tender centers and teaching the discipline of two brief cooks.
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Pilaw de Mouton à la Turque
Tomato leads this mutton navarin, scented with ginger or saffron, while buttery pilaff rice keeps every grain distinct around the platter's edge. Brown the meat deeply, simmer gently, and one generous dish carries supper.
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Moussaka
Fried aubergine skins hold alternating layers of savoury mutton and aubergine, gently set in a bain-marie, then turned out whole for a generous dinner-party centrepiece.
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Côtelettes à la Champvallon (10 Cutlets)
Côtelettes à la Champvallon puts one-pot discipline to work: lamb browned in butter, onions kept pale, and potato roundels basted in white stock until the meat yields and the cooking juices reduce to a glaze.
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Gigot Marine en Chevreuil
Juniper-marinated, bacon-larded lamb meets a fierce oven, then a glossy poivrade sharpened with red wine and cayenne. The lesson is simple: dry the gigot thoroughly, and the roast browns rather than turns gray.
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Mutton Pudding
A sealed dome of suet paste turns modest mutton, salt, pepper, and water into its own rich gravy: four quiet hours in the basin, then a generous pudding for the middle of the table.
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Rognons Sautés au Champagne
Rognons sautés au Champagne teach the essential wine-pan sauce: brown the kidneys fast, reduce Champagne almost dry, then add meat glaze and mount with butter until every piece wears a bright, savory gloss.
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Émincés et Hachis
Cold roast gets a second life three ways, but the law never changes: slice or mince it finely, bring the sauce to heat, and never let the meat boil.
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Navarin Printanier
Mutton, spring vegetables, and a pinch of sugar teach the architecture of navarin: brown deeply, let caramel colour the flour-bound sauce, then braise slowly until meat and garden meet in one glossy pot.
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