Roast Rabbits

Ingredients

• 2 pair Rabbits (or hares)
• 1 cup Bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup Chopped fat pork
• 1/4 cup Onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon Thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• as needed Fine thread
• 1/2 cup Butter
• 1 cupful Boiling water
• 2 tablespoons Flour

Instructions

1. 1Skin and clean the rabbits (or hares) with care. Wash them thoroughly.
2. 2Prepare a force-meat by mixing bread crumbs, chopped fat pork, chopped onion, thyme, pepper, and salt.
3. 3Stuff the rabbits with the force-meat. Sew them up with fine thread. Bind the legs to the body in a kneeling posture.
4. 4Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Place the stuffed and trussed rabbits in a dripping pan. Pour 1 cupful of boiling water over them, and cover with another pan to keep them in. Baste with butter twice, with their own gravy twice, and twice again with butter. Bake for approximately 30 minutes, or until cooked through.
5. 5Just before taking the rabbits out of the oven, dredge with flour and give a final baste with butter. Dish when threads have been cut and drawn out. Thicken and season the gravy. Serve in a gravy-boat.