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92. Minced collops of venison may be prepared exactly like those of beef; and
venison-cutlets like those of mutton: the neck may be taken for both of these.
(Superior Receipt.)
A hare may be rendered far more plump in appearance, and
infinitely easier to carve, by taking out the bones of the back and
thighs, or of the former only: in removing this a very sharp knife
should be used, and much care will be required to avoid cutting
through the skin just over the spine, as it adheres closely to the
bone. Nearly double the usual quantity of forcemeat must be
prepared: with this restore the legs to their original shape, and fill the
body, which should previously be lined with delicate slices of the
nicest bacon, of which the rind and edges have been trimmed away.
Sew up the hare, truss it as usual; lard it or not, as is most
convenient, keep it basted plentifully with butter while roasting, and
serve it with the customary sauce. We have found two
tablespoonsful of the finest currant jelly, melted in half a pint of rich
brown gravy, an acceptable accompaniment to hare, when the taste
has been in favour of a sweet sauce.
To remove the back-bone, clear from it first the flesh in the inside;
lay this back to the right and left from the centre of the bone to the
tips; then work the knife on the upper side quite to the spine, and
when the whole is detached except the skin which adheres to this,
separate the bone at the first joint from the neck-bone or ribs (we
know not how more correctly to describe it), and pass the knife with
caution under the skin down the middle of the back. The directions
for boning the thighs of a fowl will answer equally for those of a hare,
and we therefore refer the reader to them.
STEWED HARE.
Wash and soak the hare thoroughly, wipe it very dry, cut it down
into joints dividing the largest, flour and brown it slightly in butter with
some bits of lean ham, pour to them by degrees a pint and a half of
gravy, and stew the hare very gently from an hour and a half to two
hours: when it is about one third done add the very thin rind of half a
large lemon, and ten minutes before it is served stir to it a large
dessertspoonful of rice-flour, smoothly mixed with two tablespoonsful
of good mushroom catsup, a quarter of a teaspoonful or more of
mace, and something less of cayenne. This is an excellent plain
receipt for stewing a hare; but the dish may be enriched with
forcemeat (No. 1, Chapter VIII.) rolled into small balls, and simmered
for ten minutes in the stew, or fried and added to it after it is dished;
a higher seasoning of spice, a couple of glasses of port wine, with a
little additional thickening and a tablespoonful of lemon-juice, will all
serve to give it a heightened relish.
Hare, 1; lean of ham or bacon, 4 to 6 oz.; butter, 2 oz.; gravy, 1-1/2
pint; lemon-rind: 1 hour and 20 to 50 minutes. Rice-flour, 1 large
dessertspoonful; mushroom catsup, 2 tablespoonsful; mace, 1/3 of
teaspoonful; little cayenne (salt, if needed): 10 minutes.
TO ROAST A RABBIT.
After the rabbit has been emptied, thoroughly washed and soaked,
should it require it to remove any mustiness of smell, blanch it, that is
to say, put it into boiling water and let it boil from five to seven
minutes; drain it, and when cold or nearly so, cut it into joints, dip
them into beaten egg, and then into fine bread-crumbs, seasoned
with salt and pepper, and when all are ready, fry them in butter over
a moderate fire, from twelve to fifteen minutes. Simmer two or three
strips of lemon-rind in a little gravy, until it is well flavoured with it;
boil the liver of the rabbit for five minutes, let it cool, and then mince
it; thicken the gravy with an ounce of butter and a small teaspoonful
of flour, add the liver, give the sauce a minute’s boil, stir in two
tablespoonsful of cream if at hand, and last of all, a small quantity of
lemon-juice. Dish the rabbit, pour the sauce under it, and serve it
quickly. If preferred, a gravy can be made in the pan as for veal
cutlets, and the rabbit may be simply fried.
TO ROAST A PHEASANT.
Take, quite clear from the bones, and from all skin and sinew, the
flesh of a half-roasted pheasant; mince, and then pound it to the
smoothest paste; add an equal bulk of the floury part of some fine
roasted potatoes, or of such as have been boiled by Captain Kater’s
receipt (see Chapter XVII.), and beat them together until they are
well blended; next throw into the mortar something less (in volume)
of fresh butter than there was of the pheasant-flesh, with a high
seasoning of mace, nutmeg, and cayenne, and a half-teaspoonful or
more of salt; pound the mixture afresh for ten minutes or a quarter of
an hour, keeping it turned from the sides of the mortar into the
middle; then add one by one, after merely taking out the germs with
the point of a fork, two whole eggs and a yolk or two without the
whites, if these last will not render the mixture too moist. Mould it into
the form of a roll, lay it into a stewpan rubbed with butter, pour boiling
water on it and poach it gently from ten to fifteen minutes. Lift it out
with care, drain it on a sieve, and when it is quite cold cover it
equally with beaten egg, and then with the finest bread-crumbs, and
broil it over a clear fire, or fry it in butter of a clear golden brown. A
good gravy should be made of the remains of the bird and sent to
table with it; the flavour may be heightened with ham and eschalots,
as directed in Chapter IV., page 96, and small mushrooms, sliced
sideways, and stewed quite tender in butter, may be mixed with the
boudin after it is taken from the mortar; or their flavour may be given
more delicately by adding to it only the butter in which they have
been simmered, well pressed, from them through a strainer. The
mixture, which should be set into a very cool place before it is
moulded, may be made into several small rolls, which will require
four or five minutes’ poaching only. The flesh of partridges will
answer quite as well as that of pheasants for this dish.
SALMI OF PHEASANT.
(See page 292.)
PHEASANT CUTLETS.
(See page 275.)
TO ROAST PARTRIDGES.
(Breakfast Dish.)
“Split a young and well-kept partridge, and wipe it with a soft clean
cloth inside and out, but do not wash it; broil it delicately over a very
clear fire, sprinkling it with a little salt and cayenne; rub a bit of fresh
butter over it the moment it is taken from the fire, and send it quickly
to table with a sauce made of a good slice of butter browned with
flour, a little water, cayenne, salt, and mushroom-catsup, poured
over it.” We give this receipt exactly as we received it from a house
where we know it to have been greatly approved by various guests
who have partaken of it there.
BROILED PARTRIDGE.
(French Receipt.)
After having prepared the bird with great nicety, divided, and
flattened it, season it with salt, and pepper, or cayenne, dip it into
clarified butter, and then into very fine bread-crumbs, and take care
that every part shall be equally covered: if wanted of particularly
good appearance dip it a second time into the butter and crumbs.
Place it over a very clear fire, and broil it gently from twenty to thirty
minutes. Send it to table with brown mushroom sauce, or some
Espagnole.
THE FRENCH, OR RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE.
This delicate and excellent bird is in its full season at the end of
August and early in September, when it abounds often in the
poulterers’ shops. Its plumage resembles that of the partridge, but it
is of smaller size and of much more slender shape. Strip off the
feathers, draw and prepare the bird as usual for the spit, truss it like
a snipe, and roast it quickly at a brisk but not a fierce fire from fifteen
to eighteen minutes. Dish it on fried bread-crumbs, or omit these and
serve it with gravy round it, and more in a tureen, and with well made
bread sauce. Three or even four of the birds will be required for a
dish. One makes a nice dinner for an invalid.
TO ROAST BLACK COCK AND GRAY HEN.
In season during the same time as the common grouse, and found like them on
the moors, but less abundantly.
These birds, so delicious when well kept and well roasted, are
tough and comparatively flavourless when too soon dressed. They
should hang therefore till they give unequivocal indication of being
ready for the spit. Pick and draw them with exceeding care, as the
skin is easily broken; truss them like pheasants, lay them at a
moderate distance from a clear brisk fire, baste them plentifully and
constantly with butter, and serve them on a thick toast which has
been laid under them in the dripping-pan for the last ten minutes of
their roasting, and which will have imbibed a high degree of savour:
some cooks squeeze a little lemon-juice over it before it is put into
the pan. Send rich brown gravy and bread sauce to table with the
birds. From three quarters of an hour to a full hour will roast them.
Though kept to the point which we have recommended, they will not
offend even the most fastidious eater after they are dressed, as,
unless they have been too long allowed to hang, the action of the fire
will remove all perceptible traces of their previous state. In the earlier
part of the season, when warm and close packing have rendered
either black game or grouse, in their transit from the North,
apparently altogether unfit for table, the chloride of soda, well-
diluted, may be used with advantage to restore them to a fitting state
for it; though the copious washings which must then be resorted to,
may diminish something of their fine flavour.
3/4 to 1 hour.