A staple of the traditional American Sunday Thanksgiving.
Jugged Hare with Forcemeat Balls
Ingredients :
| 1 | x | young hare (about1.55 1.8 kg) jointed into eight complete with liver heart kidneys and reserved blood |
| | Seasoned flour |
| 1 | tbl | oil |
| 1 | tbl | butter |
| 2 | med | sized onions chopped |
| 225 | gm | streaky bacon diced |
| 1 | lrg | onion stuck with 10 cloves |
| 1 | tbl | flour |
| 1 | x | dessert spoon brown sugar |
| 1 1/4 | lt | stock (made with the ribcage of the hare simmered for 30 minutes with a carrot onion bayleaf and seasoning) |
| 1 | x | salt and freshly milled black pepper |
| 1 | tsp | mixed dried herbs |
| 2 | x | bayleaves |
| 225 | ml | red wine |
| 1 | tbl | redcurrant jelly |
How to cook :
- Preheat oven to gas mark 2 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- Arrange with your butcher to hang a young hare for a week to10 days and to joint it into eight reserving the blood (there should be 12 tablespoons) and the liver heart and kidneys.
- Start off by tossing the joints of hare in seasoned flour then heat the oil and butter in a large frying pan and brown the joints all over.
- Transfer them to a large heavy casserole that has a tight fitting lid.
- Next fry the onions and streaky bacon in the same pan for 10 minutes and add these to the joints.
- Now into the centre plunge a large onion stuck with cloves then sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of flour into the juices remaining in the frying pan add 1 dessertspoon of brown sugar and mix these together over a moderate heat.
- Then gradually add the stock to the pan stirring all the time.
- When it starts to bubble and thicken pour it over the contents of the casserole.
- Season generously with salt and pepper and add the herbs and bayleaves.
- Bring everything up to simmering point then place in the oven to cook for about 3 hours.
- Before serving mix the red wine with the redcurrant jelly and the reserved blood.
- Heat gently (but do not boil) then stir this into the casserole.
- Serve garnished with forcemeat balls (Forcemeat balls) and lovely creamy mashed potato.
Serves 46.
Tags : Game Meats