Hare Pie

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (16)
For the pie
For the forcemeat
Instructions (14)
  1. Cut a large hare in pieces.
  2. Season it well with mace, nutmeg, pepper, and salt.
  3. Put it in a jug with half a pound of butter.
  4. Cover it close up with a paste or cloth.
  5. Set it in a copper of boiling water.
  6. Let it stew one hour and a half.
  7. Then take it out to cool.
  8. Make a rich forcemeat of a quarter of a pound of scraped bacon, two onions, a glass of red wine, the crumb of a penny loaf, a little winter savory, the liver cut small, a little nutmeg, season it high with pepper and salt, mix it well up with the yolks of three eggs.
  9. Raise the pie.
  10. Lay the forcemeat in the bottom.
  11. Lay in the hare with the gravy that came out of it.
  12. Lay the lid on.
  13. Put flowers or leaves on it.
  14. It will take an hour and a half to bake it.
Original Text
CUT a large hare in pieces, ſeaſon it well with mace, nutmeg, pepper, and ſalt, put it in a jug, with half a pound of butter, cover it cloſe up with a paſte or cloth, ſet it in a copper of boiling water, and let it ſtew one hour and a half, then take it out to cool, and make a rich forcemeat of a quarter of a pound of ſcraped bacon, two onions, a glaſs of red wine, the crumb of a penny loaf, a little winter savory, the liver cut ſmall, a little nutmeg, ſeaſon it high with pepper and ſalt, mix it well up with the yolks of three eggs, raiſe the pie, and lay the forcemeat in the bottom, lay in the hare, with the gravy that came out of it, lay the lid on, and put flowers or leaves on it ; it will take an hour and a half to bake it.—It is a handſome ſide diſh for a large table.
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