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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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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.
Hare, Gateau of (made with cold dressed hare) . — Take the flesh fiom the bones of a cold roast hare, remove the skin and sinews, cut it small, and pound it in a mortar with the liver of the hareForcemeat for Hare. Take half the weight of the meat, in finely-grated bread-crumbs, soak them in as much good broth as they will absorb, and mix them with the pounded meat. Season with salt, pepper, and spices, according to taste, together with a finely -minced shallot, and a tea-spoonful of chopped parsley. Add two well-beaten eggs. Cover the inside of a mould with slices of bacon. Put in the pounded meat, lay some more slices on the top, and bake in a moderate oven, or put it into a saucepan of boiling water, and let it simmer gently for an hour. Take away the bacon that sunounds it, and strew finely-grated bread-crumbs over it. This dish may be eaten either hot or cold. If eaten hot, a sauce should be sent to table with it made of the bones and trimmings of the hare, stewed in a little stock, seasoned, and flavoured. Time, an hour and a half to bake. Probable cost, Is., exclusive of the cold hare. Hare, Gravy for (««« Gravy for Hare). Hare, Haricot of.— When the best parts of the hare have been used, the remainder may be cooked as follows: — Di\'ide the hare into small, neat joints. Fry these for three or four minutes in a little butter, then put them into a larger stewpan, with a sprig of parsley, a sprig of thyme, a shallot, finely minced, two turnips and two carrots, cut into small pieces, three or four cloves, and a little pepper and salt. Mix a little flour very smoothly with the butter in which the hare was fried, let it brown lightly, then add gradually a pint and a half of good stock. Let the sauce boil a minute or two, then pour it over the hare, &c., and simmer gently for an hour. A dessert-spoonful of chili vinegarHare Haricot, or the same quantity of lemon- juice may be added, if liked. Put the meat into a hot dish, pour the sauce round it, and serve with toasted sippets. Probable cost, 8d., exclu- sive of the hare. Sufficient for three or four persons. Hare, Hashed. — Take the remains of cold roast hare, and cut it into neat pieces. Put a pint of gravy into a saucepan with the trim- mings of the hare, a table-spoonful of red- currant jelly, and salt and pepper, if necessary. HAR ( 302 ) HAR Simmer gently for twenty minutes. If there is not so much as a pint of gravy remaining, it must ho made up with water and stewed longer. Strain the gravy, and put it into a saucepan, and with it the pieces of hare, dredged with flour, and a glass of port. Simmer for a quarter of an hour, then cut the forcemeat into slices, and put them into the gravy for three or four minutes, to get hot, then serve in a hot dish. Probahle cost, exclusive of the cold meat and wine, 2d. Sufficient for three or four persons. Hare Hashed