Scotch Mutton Broth
- 6 lbs neck of mutton
- 3 quarts water
- 5 carrots, cut into 2-3 pieces
- 5 turnips, cut into 2-3 pieces
- 2 onions, cut into 2-3 pieces
- 4 Tbsps barley
- A little salt
- Parsley, chopped
Soak the mutton in water for about an hour and cut off the scrag (piece of lean or bony meat.) Put in the stewpan with water. As soon as it boils, skim well. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
Cut the best end of mutton into cutlets, dividing it with 2 bones in each. Remove nearly all fat before you put it into the broth. Skim the moment the meat boils and every 10 minutes afterwards.
Add the carrots, turnips and onions. Add them to the soup soon enough to be thoroughly done. Slowly stir in the barley. Add salt to taste. Stew for 3 1/2 hours. About 30 minutes before serving, put in a little chopped parsley. Serve.
Cut the meat into small pieces and put in the tureen with the soup. The other half of the mutton should be served in a separate dish with whole, boiled turnips laid around it. Many people like mutton that has been boiled in soup.
You may thicken the soup with rice or barley that has been soaked in cold water or with green peas or with young corn cut down from the cob or with scalded tomatoes cut into pieces.
Cut the best end of mutton into cutlets, dividing it with 2 bones in each. Remove nearly all fat before you put it into the broth. Skim the moment the meat boils and every 10 minutes afterwards.
Add the carrots, turnips and onions. Add them to the soup soon enough to be thoroughly done. Slowly stir in the barley. Add salt to taste. Stew for 3 1/2 hours. About 30 minutes before serving, put in a little chopped parsley. Serve.
Cut the meat into small pieces and put in the tureen with the soup. The other half of the mutton should be served in a separate dish with whole, boiled turnips laid around it. Many people like mutton that has been boiled in soup.
You may thicken the soup with rice or barley that has been soaked in cold water or with green peas or with young corn cut down from the cob or with scalded tomatoes cut into pieces.
Submitted by Jul 3, 2009
15 min 30 min 45 min
15 min 30 min 45 min