Squirrel or Young Rabbit Pie

Ingredients

• Cut up two or three young squirrels or rabbits
• two ounces of butter
• a handf ul of ehopped mushrooms
• a bunch of parsley
• two shallots ehopped
• season with pepper
• sait
• a little thyme or sweet herbs
• a glass of white wine
• a half cup of brown gravy from veal or chicken
• the juice of half a lemon

Method

1. 1

   Cook the chopped meat with butter, mushrooms, parsley, and shallots until light brown.

2. 2

   Add wine, gravy, and lemon juice.

3. 3

   Place in a pie crust and bake until light brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

QUIUREL^ OR YOUNG RABBIT PIE. Cut up two or three young squirrels or rabbits; put them in a saucepan to cook with two ounces of butter, a handf ul of ehopped mushrooms, a bunch of parsley and two shallots ehopped ; season with pepper and sait, and a little thyme or sweet herbs ; cook them a light brown. Throw in a glass of white wine, a half cup of brown gravy from veal or chicken, and the juice of half a lemon

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