Rabbit for Invalid

Ingredients

• One leg or small piece of the back
• one quarter tea-spoonful Liebig's extract of beef
• one and one-half gill cold water
• one pinch salt
• one pinch pepper
• one half tea-spoonful arrowroot

Method

1. 1

   Soak the piece of rabbit for one hour in a basin of strong salt and water.

2. 2

   Take it from the water, place it in a saucepan, pour over the water, place the pan over the fire, and when the water boils draw it on one side.

3. 3

   Skim well, and let all simmer slowly together for one hour and a quarter.

4. 4

   Moisten the arrowroot with a tablespoonful of cold water, pour it into the saucepan, stir well, and then add the Liebig.

5. 5

   Simmer ten minutes longer, when it is ready.

6. 6

   Serve the rabbit on a hot dish, and pour the sauce over.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Handbook of practical cookery (1886) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 188. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

abbit for Invalid.— One leg or small piece of the back, one quarter tea-spoonful Liebig's extract of beef, one and one-half gill cold water, one pinch salt, one pinch pepper, one half tea-spoonful arrowroot

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