Chapter XV · Relevés and Entrées · No. 1304
1304—Leg and Shoulder of Mutton
Legs of mutton or lamb ought never to appear on any but an ordinary luncheon menu. Although, strictly speaking, they should always be served after one of the ways described hereafter, all the garnishes given above may be applied to them.
Shoulders may be roasted whole; but they may also be boned, seasoned inside, rolled up, and firmly strung. They may be treated like the legs, and the same garnishes are suited to them.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1304, p. 433. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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