Scalloped Sheep’s Head
PUBLISHED IN Sunday Times 24 September 1911
Ingredients
1 sheep’s head
Salt & pepper
Breadcrumbs
Butter
Parsley
Instructions
Thoroughly clean a sheeps head and boil it for three or four hours, or until it is thoroughly tender. The tongue may be cooked with it. Boil brains separately. Take all the meat off the head and cut it up fine. Skin the tongue and cut it up also. Mince the brains, mix all together, and flavor with pepper, salt, and some finely minced parsley. Moisten with some of the liquor. Put alternate layers of the meat and breadcrumbs with a little butter in a pie dish, breadcrumbs and bits of butter on top. Bake a light brown and garnish with parsley.
Submitted by Mrs W.C. Ramsay, Bunbury
Mrs W.C. Ramsay, born Emma Osborn, daughter of the Police Sergeant William Osborn stationed in Bunbury (reference). She married to James’ son William Cunningham Ramsay in 1895.