Leg of Mutton Peasant Style

Ingredients

• 1 leg of mutton
• 1 clove garlic
• salt pork or lard (tocino)
• salt
• pepper
• white beans (alubias)
• potatoes
• caldo (broth)

Instructions

1. Remove the bone from the cavity of the leg of mutton.
2. Rub the meat all over with a clove of garlic.
3. In a heavy pot or cazuela (earthenware cooking vessel), sauté the leg with chopped salt pork.
4. Season with salt and pepper.
5. When the meat is halfway cooked, transfer it to a round vessel.
6. Moisten it with the cooking liquid (its juices).
7. Arrange the pre-cooked white beans in a layer around the leg of mutton.
8. On top of the beans, lay the peeled raw potatoes, seasoned with salt and pepper.
9. Cover everything with broth (caldo), bring to a boil, then cover the pot and let simmer until everything is well cooked.