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🍽️ Braised Hare with Potato Crust

385 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 kg hare meat (or hare pieces)
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 1 tbsp flour
• 30 g clarified butter
• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 juniper berries
• 125 ml red wine
• 250 ml hot water
• 2 larger potatoes

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the hare pieces under running water.
2. 2. Pat the meat dry with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Separate the meat at the joints into smaller portions.
4. 4. Season the meat with salt and pepper.
5. 5. Peel the onion and the carrot.
6. 6. Finely chop the onion.
7. 7. Slice the carrot into thick rounds.
8. 8. Heat ghee (clarified butter) in a large pan.
9. 9. Sear the hare pieces on all sides until browned.
10. 10. Dust the meat with flour at the end.
11. 11. Transfer the meat into a heatproof dish.
12. 12. Add the onions and carrot slices to the dish.
13. 13. Add a bay leaf and juniper berries.
14. 14. Pour in 250 milliliters of hot water.
15. 15. Top up the liquid with red wine.
16. 16. Peel the potatoes.
17. 17. Wash the potatoes.
18. 18. Slice the potatoes thinly.
19. 19. Arrange the potato slices in an overlapping pattern over the ragout.
20. 20. Lightly salt the potato crust.
21. 21. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
22. 22. Cook the dish in the oven for about 50 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 385
• Protein: 39 g · Fett/Fat: 14 g · Carbs: 19 g