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Hotch-Potch.
Ingredients.
Neck or Scrag of Mutton. 1 Pint of Green Peas. 3 Onions.
5 Carrots. 3 Turnips. 1 Lettuce. Cauliflower. Scotch Barley. Stock.
Method.
1. Grate rather coarsely two young carrots. 2. Slice three carrots, three turnips,
and three onions. 3. Shred one lettuce and a bunch of parsley, altogether say a quart. 4.
Take a pint of green peas when shelled, and the sprigs of a cauliflower. 5. Put aside half the
peas in a basin. 6. Have ready in a clean stewpan three pints of mutton stock or broth. 7.
Put in all the vegetables except the peas in the basin. 8. Have ready cutlets as for Irish stew,
and put them in the stewpan. 9. Let the contents come slowly to a boil. 10. Skim and add
two ounces of pearl barley or rice, previously blanched in a little water or stock, and simmer till the
meat is ready. 11. Skim and season with white pepper and half a teaspoonful of pounded loaf sugar.
12. Boil the remaining peas separately, and add them the moment of serving. Hotch potch should
be thick.
PRECAUTI0NS.-Young vegetables are very necessary in preparing a good hotch-potch.
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