Side Pannel
Mutton Hams
Ingredients List
- 1 Gigot; (leg) of mutton,
- ; about 10 lbs.
- 8 pt Water
- 1 1/2 Sea salt; (best) or coarse
- ; salt
- 2 oz Saltpetre
- 1 lb Dark brown sugar
- 2 oz Allspice
- 1 oz Peppercorns
- 1 tb Coriander seeds
- 8 Crushed juniper berries
Directions
Boil all ingredients for 5 minutes, cool.
Strain into deep, clean crock or bucket, immerse meat totally.
Keep covered in dry place under 60øF (28øC).
Leave beef, mutton pork for 10 - 14 days, depending on size.
Leave large goose 4 days, duck 2 days, glblets removed.
When removed from brine, wash, soak for 4 hours in clean water.
Make peat or hardwood fire, add juniper branches or berries to smoulder in
embers.
Hang meat over fire for 10 - 14 days, or send meat out to be smoked.
All meats and birds are delicious without smoking if boiled as follows:
Boil for 30 minutes per lb, use only cold water to start (hot seals in
salt).
Add any root vegetables desired.
Add 1 tsp dry mustard to keep meat moist.
If serving cold, leave meat in stock to cool.
With beef, pork, mutton serve Caper sauce or Lang Kail.*
With duck, goose serve Onion sauce.
* Lang Kail (kale): Kail boiled, strained, chopped, seasoned, mixed with
butter.
Strain into deep, clean crock or bucket, immerse meat totally.
Keep covered in dry place under 60øF (28øC).
Leave beef, mutton pork for 10 - 14 days, depending on size.
Leave large goose 4 days, duck 2 days, glblets removed.
When removed from brine, wash, soak for 4 hours in clean water.
Make peat or hardwood fire, add juniper branches or berries to smoulder in
embers.
Hang meat over fire for 10 - 14 days, or send meat out to be smoked.
All meats and birds are delicious without smoking if boiled as follows:
Boil for 30 minutes per lb, use only cold water to start (hot seals in
salt).
Add any root vegetables desired.
Add 1 tsp dry mustard to keep meat moist.
If serving cold, leave meat in stock to cool.
With beef, pork, mutton serve Caper sauce or Lang Kail.*
With duck, goose serve Onion sauce.
* Lang Kail (kale): Kail boiled, strained, chopped, seasoned, mixed with
butter.
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