Rabbit in Hollow Log (Using whole Marrow)

1 cooked rabbit, 125 g cooked ham, 1 cup dried breadcrumbs, 1 small onion, pinch thyme, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, salt, pepper, 1 young marrow, 1 tablespoon melted butter, 1 teaspoon butter, 1 tablespoon flour, 150 ml milk, extra breadcrumbs.

Method: Remove meat from rabbit and cut into small dice, chop ham. Make thick white sauce by melting butter, adding flour and cooking 1 minute, then adding milk and stirring until thick and boiling. Boil 3 minutes. Grate onion, add meats, onion, breadcrumbs and seasonings to sauce and mix. Do not have it too moist. Season with salt and pepper. Peel marrow thinly. Cut slice off the top and scoop out seeds. Dust inside very lightly with salt. Fill with rabbit mixture. Fasten lid on with toothpicks. Brush marrow with melted butter. Roll carefully in dried breadcrumbs. Place in a well greased baking dish. Bake in a moderate oven about 45 minutes. Any cold meet may be used in this dish. Grated cheese may be added instead of ham and a little Worcestershire sauce if desired.

Source: contributed by Mrs S. M. Illman (Cunningham), Mrs B. H. Sugg (Gladstone) and Mrs G. Mueller (Wrattenbully) in The South Australian Country Women's Association Inc. Calendar of Meat and Fish Recipes in Metric. One for Every Day in the Year. Also Special Mornay Supplement (Adelaide: 1975), p.6 [Jan. 24].

Note: June's recipes will all come from my latest acquisition:

Thick Tomato Soup (Weight Watchers)

2 chicken stock cubes

2ozs hot water

12ozs tomato juice

2 tspns dried onion flakes

1lb marrow

pepper

few drops artificial sweetener (optional)

Method: Crumble stock cubes into water and stir to dissolve, place in large saucepan, add tomato juice, onion flakes and the peeled, cored and sliced marrow, bring to boil, cover the pan and simmer gently for 20 minutes. Pour the soup into a blender, set at high speed until smooth. Return to pan and re heat.

Season to taste.

Serves 2-3

Source: contributed by M. Brazier in S.C.N.H. [Southern Cross Nursing Homes] 1st Floor Cook Book No. 2 (?North Plympton; n.d.), p.10.

Marrow Cake

1 tablespoon butter

1 cup cooked mashed marrow

1/2 cup sugar

2 cups S.R. flour

vanilla essence

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 cup sultanas

1/2 cup milk

pinch salt

Method: Mix marrow, butter and sugar, add egg and essence, then flour and milk alternately. (Zucchini or Butternut can be used instead of marrow). Finally mix in nutmeg and sultanas.

Topping:

120g butter

3/4 cup sugar

1 cup plain flour

cinnamon to taste

Method: Melt the butter and add the sugar. Mix in cup of plain flour and cinnamon to taste. Sprinkle over cake. Bake in moderate hot oven 30-40 minutes.

Source: contributed by D. Barnes in The Princess Royal Cookbook compiled by a sub-committee of The Muscular Dystrophy Association of South Australia (Kent Town: Peacock Publications, 1984 reprint of 1981 first edition; ISBN 0909209502), p.82.