Hedgehog cooked in a ball of clay

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Curious Cookbook: Viper Soup, Badger Ham, Stewed Sparrows and 100 More Historic Recipes

By Peter Ross

Published 2012

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Method

Ways of Cooking a Hedgehog

After killing the hedgehog, clean its inside. Then roll it thickly in some moist clay and put it in a moderate oven (Romany or kitchen oven) and bake till the clay is quite dry and hard. Break the clay by cracking it with a stick or hammer and the prickles and the top skin, which will adhere to the clay, will come off with it. Las