Roast Rabbit Recipe

Ingredients for Roast Rabbit

• 6 tablespoons breadcrumbs
• 3 tablespoons chopped cooked ham
• 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• ½ teaspoon powdered herbs
• 3 chopped mushrooms
• 3 beaten eggs
• 1 rabbit
• Salt, pepper, and red pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Beat up eggs, add mushrooms, vegetable shortening, ham, breadcrumbs, parsley, and seasonings, and mix well.
2. Wipe rabbit, and season inside with pepper, salt, and powdered cloves.
3. Lay forcemeat inside rabbit and sew top; skewer head back and legs on each side; roast 1 hour, basting well with melted vegetable shortening.
4. Serve hot with currant jelly sauce.