Chapter XV · Relevés and Entrées · No. 1305
1305—Gigot Bouilli à l’Anglaise
Trim the leg, shorten it in the region of the tibia bone, and plunge it into a stewpan of boiling water, salted in the proportion of one-third oz. of salt per quart of water.
For an ordinary leg, add: three medium-sized carrots, two onions, each stuck with a clove, a faggot, and two cloves of garlic.
Let the leg cook for a quarter of an hour for each two lbs. of its weight.
Dish with vegetables all round, and serve at the same time a butter sauce with capers.
N.B.—Leg of mutton à l’anglaise may be accompanied by purées of turnips, celery, etc., and these vegetables should cook with the meat. A purée of potatoes or of haricot beans may be sent to the table with the meat; but, in this case, of course, the vegetables would be served separately.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1305, p. 433. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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