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Jugged Hare

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Jugged Hare

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Moisten your hand or spoon with cold water.

  2. Place a thin slice of bacon on top of the mixture.

  3. Cover with greased paper and put the lid on, sealing it tightly.

  4. Cook in boiling water for 1 hour if small, or nearly 2 hours for a brace of birds.

  5. Do not remove the lid until cold.

  6. Once cooled, cover the surface with clarified butter.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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