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Hare

Hare is a lean game meat commonly braised, roasted, or used in rich stews and pies.

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About Hare

Hare is the meat of a hare, a lean game animal with relatively dark, fine-grained flesh. It is commonly braised or stewed, and it is also roasted, baked in pies, or prepared in other long-cooked game dishes. Cuts may include whole dressed animals, portions, legs, saddle, or boned meat.

The meat is commonly described as strongly flavoured and can become dry or firm if cooked without sufficient moisture. Its texture and eating qualities vary with the animal’s age, diet, cut, hanging or ageing, and whether the meat is fresh or frozen. Rich sauces, stock, and moist cooking methods complement its pronounced flavour.

Hare may be sold as a whole dressed animal, a bone-in portion, a leg, saddle, or boned meat, in fresh or frozen form. Bones and connective tissue affect preparation and serving texture. Braising, stewing, roasting, or baking changes firmness and moisture, while sauces and stock alter the finished dish.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for hare

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

hare

English

hare (jugged, in wine sauce)

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English

hare (jugged, with vegetables and wine sauce)

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English

hare fresh fat tissue

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English

Hare fresh meat

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Hare nutrition & diet

Hare nutritional value

Reference: Hare, meat only, stewed

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
192kcal
Protein
29.9g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
8.0g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. CoFID 2021 food code 18-379. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Reference the edible cooked hare meat separately from bones, skin, drippings, and sauce. Preparation matters: braising, roasting, stewing, and pie fillings can introduce different fats, liquids, coatings, or pastry, so the cut, cooking method, and finished dish should be recorded.

Compare the right form: Reference should match the identified hare species, edible meat cut, raw or cooked state, and whether skin, bones, sauce, or pastry remain.

Diet considerations

Animal-derived game meat. Compatibility changes when hare is combined with dairy, meat stock, bacon, flour-thickened sauce, pastry, or other animal additions. Plain cooked meat has a different carbohydrate pattern from pies and stews, so the finished preparation and portion should be distinguished from the uncombined meat.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition.
Keto · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Paleo · May be compatible
May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
Low-carb · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Hare, meat only, stewed ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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