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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
pieces, put them into a stewpan with jib. of butter, cover it, put it over a slow fire, and stew till the blood is set ; then add 1 pint of gravy, a couple of onions, a bunch of sweet herbs, half-a-dozen cloves, a blade of mace, and a few grains of black pepper. When the flesh is done enough, take it out, strain the gravy, put it over the fire again, and thicken with flour ; then put the pieces of Hare into it, sprinkle in a little salt, add a few chopped mushrooms and hard-boiled eggs, i teaspoonful of anchovy sauce, 1 dessert- spoonful of strained lemon-juice, and 2 table-spoonfuls of port wine, and serve hot. Stewed Hare with NouiUes. — Remove the skin and sinews from the flesh of a cooked Hare, chop it up into small dice, and put it in a basin with its equal bulk of mushrooms, also ohopped small. Put a small onion cut in pieces in a frying- pan with a little butter, fry gently without letting it take colour, dust over with salt, and add gradually ^ pint of gravy to moisten it. Boil for seven or eight minutes, stirring continually, and add to it the Hare mixture, working them together ; then sprinkle in more salt and cayenne, and remove from the fire. Put 1 handful or so of nouilles in a saucepan of salted water, and poach them. Take them out, drain, put them back into the saucepan, grate over a little nutmeg and Parmesan cheese, and pour over a little liquefied butter. Put half of these nouilles on a dish, make a space in the centre, place the Hare mixture in this, cover it with the Fig. 938. Stewed Hake with Nouilles. rest of the nouilles (see Fig. 938), dust with a little more Parmesan cheese, brush over with warmed butter, glaze them in the oven or with a salamander, and serve. Stuffed boned Hare. — Let the animal hang as long as possible ; then skin it, wash thoroughly, being particularly Hares — continued. careful about cleaning the ears, remove the eyes, and bone it. Make a forcemeat of minced ham, veal, and brown bread- crumbs, season it with chopped shallot, laurel-leaf, thyme, and one or two chopped canned mushrooms, salt, pepper, and cayenne to taste ; add £ table-spoonful of red-currant jelly and 1 wineglassful of claret, also a beaten egg. Stuff the Hare with this, making it to its original shape as nearly as possible, and bind tightly round with a cloth ; then put it into a large stewpan with brown stock to cover, and boil very slowly for one hour. Take out the Hare, and leave it until cold, then pour boiling water over, and remove the cloth. Brush the Hare with beaten yolk of egg, and roll it in plenty of finely-grated breadcrumbs, lay it in a large frying-basket, put it in the frying-kettle with plenty of fat, and fry until of a golden brown all over. Prepare a suflicient quantity of brown gravy sauce, mixing with it 1 wineglassful of red wine. Place the Hare on a hot dish, and serve with the sauce in a tureen and a dish of red- currant jelly. Stewed Hare