_*Braised Loin of Mutton with Mushrooms
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_*Braised Loin of Mutton with Mushrooms_--3 pounds loin mutton, 1
stalk celery, 1/2 teaspoon whole peppers, 1 bunch of sweet herbs, 2
tablespoons Crisco, pepper, salt, red pepper, 1 turnip, 1 carrot, 2 or
3 cloves, sprig of parsley, and 2 tablespoons flour.
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.