Sauce for a Hare

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
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The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (9)
For sauce
Another way to make sauce for a hare
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Instructions (5)
  1. Take a pint of cream and half a pound of fresh butter; put them in a sauce-pan, and keep stirring it with a spoon till the butter is melted, and the sauce is thick; then take up the hare, and pour the sauce into the dish.
Another way to make sauce for a hare
  1. Make good gravy, thickened with a little piece of butter rolled in flour, and pour it into your dish.
  2. You may leave the butter out, if you don't like it; and have some currant jelly warmed in a cup; or red wine and sugar boiled to syrup.
Syrup preparation
  1. Take half a pint of red wine, a quarter of a pound of sugar, and set over a slow fire to simmer for about a quarter of an hour.
  2. You may do half the quantity, and put it into your sauce-boat or bason.
Original Text
TAKE for sauce, a pint of cream and half a pound of fresh butter; put them in a sauce-pan, and keep stirring it with a spoon till the butter is melted, and the sauce is thick; then take up the hare, and pour the sauce into the dish. Another way to make sauce for a hare, is to make good gravy, thickened with a little piece of butter rolled in flour, and pour it into your dish. You may leave the butter out, if you don't like it; and have some currant jelly warmed in a cup; or red wine and sugar boiled to syrup; done thus; take half a pint of red wine, a quarter of a pound of sugar, and set over a slow fire to simmer for about a quarter of an hour. You may do half the quantity, and put it into your sauce-boat or bason.
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