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Roast Mutton (rôti d'agneau)

Erken 1914: a whole roasted leg of mutton/lamb (4 kg with loin section), larded on top with parsley mixed with butter, rubbed with cold butter and salted, roasted in a strong hot oven 1½–2 hours with boiling water poured on ¼ l at a time. Brown sauce of 50 g butter and 40 g flour thinned with skimmed drippings. Served with compote, salad, cucumber salad, and roast potatoes.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 227 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

This recipe opens Erken's section on mutton and lamb, where she stresses that "the various recipes apply to both mutton and lamb; the only difference is a different cooking or roasting time," and that one figures about ¼ kg of meat per person.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Prepare the roast

    Chop the shank and flank off the hindquarter, but leave the loin section attached. Crack the roast a little, wash it, and dry it well.

  2. 2

    Lard with parsley

    Mix washed, dry parsley (picked from the stems) with a little butter, and tuck it into small slits on top of the roast.

  3. 3

    Butter and salt

    Rub the roast well with 25 g of cold butter and salt it.

  4. 4

    Put it in the oven

    Place the roast in a strongly heated roasting pan or skillet and put it in a hot oven (about 225 °C (435 °F)).

  5. 5

    Add water

    After about ½ hour, or when the roast begins to brown, pour on about 1 liter of boiling water, but only ¼ liter at a time. Baste the roast often with the juices. Roast for 1½–2 hours in all.

  6. 6

    Strain the juices

    Strain the pan juices in good time and skim off the fat.

  7. 7

    Make the sauce

    Brown 50 g butter and 40 g wheat flour, thin with the skimmed juices, and let the sauce simmer until it is nicely smooth. If the sauce is too greasy or breaks, add a little cold water and bring it to a boil.

  8. 8

    Serving

    Serve the roast lamb with compote, salad, cucumber salad, and roast potatoes.

Changes from the original

Measurements are kept in grams/liters, but the amount of butter and flour for the sauce has been added to the ingredient list. Oven temperature has been added as modern guidance (the original only says "hot oven"), and "larded with parsley" has been explained as tucking parsley into slits in the meat.

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Modernised → 1914 (proofread, p. 227)~79% of the text changedremovedadded
4 kg lammelår eller fårelår med nyrestykke (kanke og slagside hugges av). 1 potte kg. kjøt persille (vasket og tørket, plukket fra stilkene). 25 g kaldt smør (til å gni inn steken). 1 ss smør (til å blande med persillen). 2 ts vand salt. 1 l kokende vann (påhelles litt om litt). 50 g smør (til sausen). 40 g hvetemel (til sausen). Hugg Av bakparten avhugges kanken og slagsiden av bakparten, slagsiden, men la nyrestykket lar man sitte ved. Knekk steken Steken knækkes litt, vask vaskes, tørres og tørk den godt.. Bland spækkes paa oversiden med vasket, tørr persille (plukket tør persille, plukket fra stilkene) med litt smør, stilkene og stikk den inn i små snitt på oversiden av steken.. Gni steken blandet med ganske litet smør. Steken gnides derefter godt inn ind med 25 g kaldt smør og salt den.. Legg steken gr. koldt smør, saltes, lægges i en den sterkt oppvarmet langpanne eller stekepanne ophetede pande og sett den sættes i varm ovn (ca. 225 °C).. Etter ovn. Efter ca. ½ time, times forløp, eller når steken begynner å brune seg, hell på naar den begynder at brunes, paaheldes ca. 1 liter l. kokende vann, vand, men bare kun ¼ liter om l. ad gangen. Drypp steken Steken dryppes ofte med kraften. Stek over; stekes i alt 1½–2 timer.. Sil steksjyen 1½—2 timer. Kraften siles i god tid og skum av fettet.. Brun tid, avskummes. Til sausen brunes 50 g gr. smør og 40 g gr. hvetemel, spe spædes med den avskummede sjyen sky og la sausen småkoke smaakoker, til den er passe jevn. Blir sausen for fet eller skiller den seg, tilsett sig, tilsættes litt kaldt vann koldt vand, og gi den sausen gives et oppkok.. Server lammesteken med kompott, opkok. Til lammestek serveres kompot, salat, agurksalat og stekte poteter.

Note on Modernised

Mål er beholdt i gram/liter, men smør- og melmengden til sausen er ført inn i ingredientlisten. Ovnstemperatur er lagt til som moderne veiledning (originalen sier bare «varm ovn»), og «spækkes med persille» er forklart som å stikke persille inn i snitt i kjøttet.

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Frequently asked questions

Which part of the lamb is used for this roast?
The hindquarter. The shank and flank are chopped off, but the loin section is left attached to the roast. The recipe figures 4 kg of meat for 10 servings.
How long should the roast be cooked?
1½–2 hours in a hot oven. After about ½ hour, when the roast begins to brown, about 1 liter of boiling water is poured on – but only ¼ liter at a time. The roast is basted often.
How is the roast larded and seasoned?
The top is larded with washed, dried parsley picked from the stems and mixed with a very little butter. The roast is then rubbed well with 25 g of cold butter and salted before being placed in a strongly heated pan.
How is the sauce made?
The juices are strained in good time and skimmed. Brown 50 g butter and 40 g wheat flour, thin with the skimmed juices, and let the sauce simmer until it is nicely smooth.

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