Ingredients for 10 servings

the Sousceyrac recipe...
  • This is the original LIEVRE A LA ROYALE recipe, the most mythical dish in French cuisine. Our chef, Patrick Asfaux won the "Best Lievre à la Royale in France" award in Romorantin. I may as well say that by giving us this recipe, our chef is offering us a "royal" gift...
  • For 6 guests:
  • 1 large hare, weighing approximately 6 pounds (with torn ears)
  • 400 gr of pork fillets, skinned and cut into small squares
  • 300 gr of streaky bacon, cut into small squares
  • 200 gr of sandwich loaf bread, prepared and diced
  • 2 garlic cloves + herbs
  • 1 goose liver weighing 600 to 700 gr
  • 1 large truffle weighing 50 gr
  • 4 whole eggs
  • 2 dl of marc de bourgogne (spirit distilled from bourgogne grape residue)
Aromatic garnish:Diced carrotsDiced onionsDiced shallotsBouquet garni
  • Coarse salt, " Guérande " variety - a small glass of: white pepper, fine salt, freshly ground pepper
  • 3 litres of Vieux Cahors wine
  • 1 kg of small Bordeaux boletus mushrooms
  • 16 small croutons, cut in a heart shape
  • 16 BF potatoes, 15 of them cut English style.