598. Hares

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Time: Cook: 40 min Total: 40 min
Yield: 1.0 hare
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

For the roast

One is sufficient for a roast
a good veal stuffing ↝ Veal, ground, raw [Lamb, Veal, and Game Products]
butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]

For serving

plain gravy in the dish ↝ Gravy, vegetarian [Dips, gravies, other sauces]
currant jelly separate ↝ Currants, dried [Dried fruits]
a sauce poivrade ↝ Sauce, NFS [Dips, gravies, other sauces]
sweet sauce ↝ Sweet and sour sauce [Mustard and other condiments]

Instructions (10)

skin and truss the hare nicely
stuff the interior with a good veal stuffing
sew it up
put it on the spit
rub butter over the back
shake flour over it
roast it about forty minutes before a sharp fire, but that depends upon the size, of course
serve them with plain gravy in the dish and currant jelly separate
They are also served with a sauce poivrade, or sweet sauce
they may also be larded

Original Text

598. Hares.—One is sufficient for a roast, skin and truss it nicely, stuff the interior with a good veal stuffing, sew it up, then put it on the spit, rub butter over the back and shake flour over it, roast it about forty minutes before a sharp fire, but that depends upon the size, of course; serve them with plain gravy in the dish and currant jelly separate. They are also served with a sauce poivrade, or sweet sauce; they may also be larded.

Notes

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