To Grill a Breast of Mutton
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- 1 breast of mutton
- 1 egg yolk
- salt
- bread crumbs
- caper sauce
- good gravy
- currant jelly
Instructions
- Score the top of the breast of mutton. Wash it over with egg yolk, then sprinkle with salt and cover completely with bread crumbs.
- Bake the mutton, then pour caper sauce into the dish.
- Alternatively, the breast may be roasted instead. Remove the skin and froth it nicely. Serve up with good gravy and garnish with currant jelly cut into slices.