Jugged Rabbit

Ingredients

• Have the rabbit skinned by the butcher
• half a cupful of butter
• two table-spoonfuls of flour
• three cupfuls of water
• a small onion, uncut
• a table-spoonful of lemon-juice
• a table-spoonful of mushroom ketchup
• four table-spoonfuls of sherry wine
• a dish of boiled rice

Method

1. 1

   Have the rabbit skinned by the butcher, draw it, and wash quickly.

2. 2

   Cut it into pieces and roll each piece in flour.

3. 3

   Heat half a cupful of butter in a frying-pan, and put in the meat to brown well on all sides.

4. 4

   Then remove the meat, and place it in a sauce-pan.

5. 5

   Put in the fat in the frying-pan two table-spoonfuls of flour, stir until brown, add three cupfuls of water, cook ten minutes and pour the gravy over the meat in the stew-pan.

6. 6

   Now add salt, pepper, a little spice and a small onion, uncut.

7. 7

   Cover closely, simmer an hour and a half, and add a table-spoonful of lemon-juice, a table-spoonful of mushroom ketchup and four table-spoonfuls of sherry wine.

8. 8

   Serve at once, and send with it to the table a dish of boiled rice.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 102. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

JUGGED RABBIT. Have the rabbit skinned by the butcher, draw it, and wash quickly. Cut it into pieces and roll each piece in flour. Heat half a cupful of butter in a frying-pan, and put in the meat to brown well on all sides. Then remove the meat, and place it in a sauce-pan. Put in the fat in the frying-pan two table-spoonfuls of flour, stir until brown, add three cupfuls of water, cook ten minutes and pour the gravy over the meat in the stew-pan. Now add salt, pepper, a little spice and a small onion, uncut. Cover closely, simm.er an hour and a-half, and add a table-spoonful of lemon-juice, a table-spoonful of mush- room ketchup (or any other kind that may be at hand) and four table-spoonfuls of sherry wine. Serve at once, and send with it to the table a dish of boiled rice

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