Recipe - Boiled Gigot Of Lamb Or Mutton

1 Leg lamb or mutton; 4 5
lbs
2 lg Onions
2 Carrots
1 Sprig rosemary
1 Sprig parsley
1 Sprig thyme
1 Bay leaf
6 Black peppercorns
Milk to cover
Salt to taste

SAUCE
2 tablespoon Flour
2 tablespoon Butter
3 tablespoon Capers and caper juice
1 One half pt Warm milk stock from
Lamb; fat skimmed off
Salt and pepper to taste

Remove all surplus fat from the meat.

Place in a deep saucepan, fill pan to 3/4s full with milk.

Add cut or sliced up onions, carrots, herbs; season to taste.

Cover, bring gently to a boil.

Simmer very gently, 2 3 hours or until meat is tender.

Take out meat, keep hot.

Skim fat from milk; strain off 3 cups for sauce.

Sauce: Melt butter in a pan, stir in flour, cook 1 minute.

Add 3 cups warm milk stock.

Stir constantly to prevent lumps.

Add capers and juice (1 tbsp).

Stir again until wellmixed and creamy.

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NOTES : 'Gigot' is the French word for a leg of mutton and was
adopted by the Scots during the days of the 'Auld (old) Alliance'
with France. As part of the treaty all Scots became French citizens
and all French people became citizens of Scotland. This concession
was repealed at the beginning of the 20th century. This dish is
traditionally cooked by boiling lamb or mutton with carrots and
turnips but the variation given here is delicious, especially for
older meat.

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