The leg of mutton in the oven is now 4 hours into its 12-hour "extremely slow" slow-cooking journey. It lies in n a very dense and rich chicken stock with a host of root veggies, temperature is well below simmering. After 4 hours, the magic transformation is just beginning to show. The real change will happen after 8-9 hours. Perfection after 12 hours. (Patience is a virtue.)

#SlowCooking #mutton #FoodIsLife #CookingForTheFamily #patience

Two good things.

(1) I ordered a large batch of organic chicken bones and chicken necks for making stock at the weekend. The cold days are coming, the family needs its daily health-giving broth.

(2) I bought a large stock pot to process (1): the largest I can fit in our oven. Always satisfying if a long-standing technical bottleneck is resolved by the right tool! :-)

#ChickenStock #broth #Health #CookingForTheFamily