Force-meat for a Hare's Head

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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Ingredients (21)
Force-meat
Braising Liquid
Thickening and Finishing
Instructions (9)
  1. When you have properly cleansed it for dressing, scrape a pound of fat bacon very fine, take the crumbs of two penny loaves, a small nutmeg grated, and season to your taste with salt, chyan pepper, and a little lemon-peel.
  2. Beat up the yolks of six eggs, and mix all together into a rich force-meat.
  3. Put a little of it into the ears, and the rest into the head.
  4. Then put it into a deep pot, just wide enough to admit it, and put to it two quarts of water, half a pint of white wine, a blade or two of mace, a bundle of sweet-herbs, an anchovy, two spoonful of walnut and mushroom catchup, the same quantity of lemon-pickle, and a little salt and chyan pepper.
  5. Lay a coarse paste over it to keep in the steam, and put it for two hours and a half into a very quick oven.
  6. When you take it out, lay the head in a soup-dish, skim off the fat from the gravy, and strain it through a hair sieve into a stew-pan.
  7. Thicken it with a lump of butter rolled in flour, and when it has boiled a few minutes, put in the yolks of six eggs well beaten and mixed with half a pint of cream.
  8. Have ready boiled a few force-meat balls, and half an ounce of truffles and morels, but do not stew them in the gravy.
  9. Pour
Original Text
WHEN you have properly cleansed it for dressing, scrape a pound of fat bacon very fine, take the crumbs of two penny loaves, a small nutmeg grated, and season to your taste with salt, chyan pepper, and a little lemon-peel. Beat up the yolks of six eggs, and mix all together into a rich force-meat. Put a little of it into the ears, and the rest into the head. Then put it into a deep pot, just wide enough to admit it, and put to it two quarts of water, half a pint of white wine, a blade or two of mace, a bundle of sweet-herbs, an anchovy, two spoonful of walnut and mushroom catchup, the same quantity of lemon-pickle, and a little salt and chyan pepper. Lay a coarse paste over it to keep in the steam, and put it for two hours and a half into a very quick oven. When you take it out, lay the head in a soup-dish, skim off the fat from the gravy, and strain it through a hair sieve into a stew-pan. Thicken it with a lump of butter rolled in flour, and when it has boiled a few minutes, put in the yolks of six eggs well beaten and mixed with half a pint of cream. Have ready boiled a few force-meat balls, and half an ounce of truffles and morels, but do not stew them in the gravy. Pour
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