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Mutton Steaks or Mutton Slices

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 pcs leg of mutton
• salt (a little)
• pepper (a little)
• butter (a little)
• olive oil (a little)
• baked potatoes (a little)
• gravy (a little)

Instructions

1. Remove the individual muscles from a leg of mutton and cut them into finger-thick pieces across the grain.
2. Pound them with the flat side of a cleaver, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and pan-fry in clarified butter.
3. Alternatively, after seasoning, turn them in melted butter or brush with olive oil and grill each side for only 3 minutes.
4. Serve with baked potatoes and a good gravy.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.