I was pleased to receive this fully grown leveret, really quite a young animal that wasn’t very strong (in flavour) as I’m personally not overkeen on extremely strong hare....
I kept it for a couple of days in the fridge then dressed it (gutted and skinned it), but was undecided on how to cook it.....
I chopped it into joints and thought that maybe curry might be an idea and after looking up an American recipe which had all these multitude of spices in it (half of which I didn't have), thought I would just make it up as I went along...
So,
- pan fried the hare, browned it and put it to one side,
- fried some onions, some garlic, some ginger and whatever spices we had in cupboard in it’s juices,
- braised it for not very long (about 1.5 to 2 hours) and in the end, it turned out to be quite tender.....
Young Farmer Sharp (Michael), along with his non-foodie mate (who thought it was a curried chicken), and even my little girl who doesn’t eat curry or spicy food ate it all up....my little lad Radek also ate lots of it and was very pleased even though he doesn’t really like spicy food either.....
All in all, roadkill can be quite good. To some extent, it is food waste and potentially wasted food, so as long as you are sure where it came from and of the healthiness of the meat (i.e. that it’s not been on the road side for days and contaminated), if you’ve knocked something over by accident then why not turn it into an economically viable and bloody good meal? Me and the entire family actually enjoyed it much more the day after too!
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