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- From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: Lamb's Head and Barley with Brain Sauce
- Message-ID: <FBR51SH4@taronga.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 02:13:54 GMT
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- The recipe uses Imperial measure, that is, measure is by weight, not
- volume and a pint is 20 ounces.
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- 1 lamb's head
- water
- salt, pepper
- bouquet garni, including winter savory
- onion, stuck with 3 cloves
- 2 carrots, halved
- 1 parsnip, halved
- 1 small turnip
- 1 leek
- 250g (8 oz) pearl barley
- 30 g (1 oz) butter
- 30 g (1 oz) flour
- 150 ml (1/4 pt) milk
- Rolls of bacon, grilled
- lemon quarters
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- Ask the butcher to clean and split the head, being careful to remove the
- brain. Soak the head in cold salted water for an hour. Rinse it, and put
- it into a cooking pot with enough water to cover. Bring slowly to a boil
- and skim it. Add seasonings, herbs, vegetables, and pearl barley. Cook for
- about 1 1/2 hours at a steady simmer, until the meat comes easily away from
- the bones.
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- Meanwhile soak the brain in cold salted water for 30 minutes, and remove the
- membrane that covers it. Spoon out a large ladleful of stock from the lamb's
- head and cook the brain in it. Drain and chop it. Make a sauce by melting
- the butter, stirring in the flour and moistening the roux with the milk, and
- enough lamb stock to produce a thick but not pasty sauce. Stir in the chopped
- brians, parsley and correct seasonings. Add a squeez of lemon juice.
-
- Extract the lamb's head from the pot. Discared the bones and dice the
- meat. Arrange the pieces on a serving dish with the bacon rolls and lemon
- quarters. Put the sauce into a sauceboat. With a perforated spoon, remove
- some of the pearl barley and put it around the meat. Serve hot.
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