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Potted Hare

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Potted Hare

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Clean the hare as for roasting and wipe it dry.

  2. Cut the hare into pieces and place them in a mortar.

  3. Add fresh butter evenly over the hare pieces.

  4. Blend the mixture well, adding additional seasoning if necessary.

  5. Cover the mixture with thick brown paper tied closely over it.

  6. Cook in a pot, ensuring the hare remains moist with its own juices.

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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