Braised Loin of Mutton with Mushrooms Recipe ingredients

• 3 pounds loin mutton
• 1 stalk celery
• ½ teaspoon whole peppers
• 1 bunch of sweet herbs
• 2 tablespoons Crisco
• pepper, salt, red pepper
• 1 turnip
• 1 carrot
• 2 or 3 cloves
• prig of parsley
• 2 tablespoons flour

To prepare this Braised Loin of Mutton with Mushrooms Recipe, first remove bone from mutton, thoroughly rub it with salt, pepper, and red pepper; roll up and tie into roll; cut up celery, onion, carrot, and turnip, and lay them at bottom of stewpan with sweet herbs and parsley; lay mutton on top of these, and pour round enough water to 3 parts cover it, simmer slowly 1 1/2 to 2 hours; lift mutton into dripping tin with few tablespoons gravy; set in brisk oven until brown; strain gravy and skim off fat, put Crisco into saucepan, and when brown, add flour, and brown also; then add gravy gradually, little pepper and salt, and 1 dozen button mushrooms, skinned; boil 8 minutes; dish mutton with mushrooms round, and gravy strained over.