To Grill a Breast of Mutton

Origin: Tidewater Virginia

Source: Mary Randolph, 1824

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Score the top of the breast of mutton. Wash it over with egg yolk, then sprinkle with salt and cover completely with bread crumbs.
  2. Bake the mutton, then pour caper sauce into the dish.
  3. 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.

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