Hare or Rabbit Soup

Ingredients

• 2 hares
• bacon
• 2 onions
• thyme
• parsley
• pepper
• salt
• cloves
• mace
• water
• 1 large spoonful butter
• 1 large spoonful brown flour
• 1 glass red wine

Instructions

1. Cut up two hares and place them in a pot with a piece of bacon, two chopped onions, and a bundle each of thyme and parsley. Add pepper, salt, pounded cloves, and mace to taste. Cover with a sufficient quantity of water and stew gently for three hours.
2. Remove the bundle of thyme and parsley. Thicken the soup by stirring in a large spoonful of butter and one of brown flour mixed together, along with a glass of red wine. Boil for a few minutes longer.
3. Serve with the nicest parts of the hares.