Braised hare legs with spices

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

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