Braised hare legs with spices

Name: Braised hare legs with spices
Yield: Serves 6-8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: ½ tsp cracked black pepper; 100 g frozen redcurrants; 20 g flour; 1 tsp juniper berries; 500 ml white chicken stock; 4 hare legs; 10 star anise; 500 ml port; 50 g redcurrant jelly; 500 ml red wine; 1 garlic bulb, split in half; 100 g smoked bacon, cut into large lardons; 4 carrots, peeled and chopped into 1cm dice; 2 g salt; ½ tsp fennel seeds; salt and freshly ground pepper; 5 banana shallots, peeled and chopped into 1cm dice; 2 onions, peeled and chopped into 1cm dice; 2 sticks celery, chopped into 1cm dice; 2 sprigs thyme; 40 g butter; 50 ml vegetable oil

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Glorious Game

By Ben Tish

Published 2019

About

This is a lovely wintry dish that is very easy to make and is great for those cold nights by the fire.

Ingredients

4 hare legs
salt and freshly ground pepper
20 g flour

Europe
United Kingdom
Main course
Winter

Method

Season the hare legs with a little salt and pepper then roll in the flour, keeping any excess flour to add later. Heat up a casserole dish on a medium heat and add the vegetable oil. When hot add 20 g of the butter and the hare legs to the dish. Seal the legs all over until golden, turning on all s