Spalla di montone con le olive

Mutton with olives

Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Popes, Peasants and Shepherds

By Oretta Zanini de Vita

Published 2013

  • About

From the Roman Jewish tradition.

Ingredients

  • 1 shoulder of mutton, about pounds (1.5 kg)
  • salt

Method

Bone the mutton, then pound lightly with a meat tenderizer to flatten. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and the cinnamon and put the clove on the center. Roll up the mutton and tie it tightly with kitchen string.

Thickly slice the onions and slice the carrots. Pit half the olives and chop coarsely. Pit the remaining olives and leave whole.

Put the roll in a large saucepan with the