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SUPERLATIVE HARE SOUP
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SUPERLATIVE HARE SOUP

30 ingredients 8 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1066
Calories
69g
Protein
31g
Fat
117g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Beef 100g cooked 250
Pork 100g cooked 242
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Port Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Mace not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • three quarts of good beef stock
  • two pounds of neck
  • one gallon of cold water
  • two ounces of the crumb of household bread
  • a pound of lean ham
  • a pint of port wine
  • a teaspoonful of black peppercorns
  • a tablespoonful of arrow-root moistened
  • three moderate-sized mild onions
  • three blades of mace
  • two french rolls
  • 3 blades
  • 3 quarts
  • 2 rolls
  • 1/2 pint
  • two onions
  • one large head of celery
  • three moderate-sized carrots
  • six cloves
  • two penny rolls
  • three glasses of port wine
  • two dozens of small forcemeat-balls
  • 2 lbs
  • 1 gallon
  • 1 head
  • 1 teaspoonful
  • 1 tablespoonful
  • salt
  • cloves
  • cayenne

Directions

1

Cut down a hare into joints, and put into a soup-pot, or large stewpan, with about a pound of lean ham, in thick slices, three moderate-sized mild onions, three blades of mace, a faggot of thyme, sweet marjoram, and parsley, and about three quarts of good beef stock. Let it stew very gently for full two hours from the time of its first beginning to boil, and more, if the hare be old. Strain the soup and pound together very fine the slices of ham and all the flesh of the back, legs, and shoulders of the hare, and put this meat into a stewpan with the liquor in which it was boiled, the crumb of two French rolls, and half a pint of port wine. Set it on the stove to simmer twenty minutes; then rub it through a sieve, place it again on the stove till very hot, but do not let it boil: season it with salt and cayenne, and send it to table directly.

2

Hare, 1; ham, 12 to 16 oz.; onions, 3 to 6; mace, 3 blades; faggot of savoury herbs; beef stock, 3 quarts: 2 hours. Crumb of 2 rolls; port wine, 1/2 pint; little salt and cayenne: 20 minutes.

3

A LESS EXPENSIVE HARE SOUP.[33]

4

Footnote 33:

5

The remains of a roasted hare, with the forcemeat and gravy, are admirably calculated for making this soup.

6

Pour on two pounds of neck or shin of beef and a hare well washed and carved into joints, one gallon of cold water, and when it boils and has been thoroughly skimmed, add an ounce and a half of salt, two onions, one large head of celery, three moderate-sized carrots, a teaspoonful of black peppercorns, and six cloves.

7

Let these stew very gently for three hours, or longer, should the hare not be perfectly tender. Then take up the principal joints, cut the meat from them, mince, and pound it to a fine paste, with the crumb of two penny rolls (or two ounces of the crumb of household bread) which has been soaked in a little of the boiling soup, and then pressed very dry in a cloth; strain, and mix smoothly with it the stock from the remainder of the hare; pass the soup through a strainer, season it with cayenne, and serve it when at the point of boiling; if not sufficiently thick, add to it a tablespoonful of arrow-root moistened with a little cold broth, and let the soup simmer for an instant afterwards. Two or three glasses of port wine, and two dozens of small forcemeat-balls, may be added to this soup with good effect.

8

Beef, 2 lbs.; hare, 1; water, 1 gallon; salt, 1-1/2 oz.; onions, 2; celery, 1 head; carrots, 3; bunch of savoury herbs; peppercorns, 1 teaspoonful; cloves, 6: 3 hours, or more. Bread, 2 oz.; cayenne, arrow-root (if needed), 1 tablespoonful.

By Eliza Acton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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