Imitation Hare Soup

Ingredients

• 4 oz beef gravy
• 1 oz butter
• 2 cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 teaspoons ketchup
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 onion
• a little carrot
• a little turnip
• 4 peppercorns
• 1 quart stock

Directions

1. Cut the beef into dice and roll in the flour.

2. Fry the beef in the butter until browned, then remove from the pan.

3. Fry the onion with the cloves until softened.

4. Brown the remaining flour in the pan, then gradually add the stock.

5. Bring to a boil, then add the vegetables and meat.

6. Simmer for 1.5 hours, then strain the soup.

7. Remove the vegetables and return the meat to the soup.

8. Add the ketchup.

9. Fry small forcemeat balls in butter and add to the soup.