Hare baked in sour cream

Today we will cook a hare baked in sour cream. Unlike the stewed analogue, we will not stew the game, but bake it first in the oven, then fill it with sour cream and then bake it again for a beautiful golden brown crust.

Ingredients

• hare hare - 2 kilograms
• apples - 2 pieces
• onion - 2 onions
• garlic - 1 head
• dill - 3-5 branches
• parsley - 3-5 branches
• salt to taste
• black pepper - to taste
• sour cream 20% fat - 200-400 grams
• vegetable oil - 50-100 milliliters
• egg - 1 piece
• dry white wine - 100 milliliters
• spices "Provencal herbs" or "Italian herbs" - 1 teaspoon
• cherry tomatoes - 3 pieces

Directions

1. Soak the hare in cold water for 3 hours. Let's cut the hare into portioned pieces. Cut off the hind legs at the joints, cut them in the middle. We throw out the bones. Cut off the sirloin to the ribs. This is a great tenderloin, it will go great for our dish. Cut out the front legs. The rest of the ribs can be used for another dish, such as soup.
2. Cut the sirloin along the back and cut the tenderloin. Delicate good pieces are obtained. The meat was chopped. Move the hare into a basin.
3. Chop the garlic coarsely. It will go both in the marinade and will be baked with the game. We send the chopped garlic to the hare. Salt. Pepper. Let's mix. Pour in 100 milliliters of wine. Leave to marinate for 40 minutes.
4. While the hare is marinated, prepare the apples and onions. Cut the apples into quarters and cut out the core and peel off the skin. You can use carrots instead of apples. Cut each quarter in half. So that the sliced ​​apples do not darken, we will send them to the hare's wine. Only they need to be placed down. Let's chop the onion. Cut the onion into large pieces along the fibers of half a wedge.
5. After 40 minutes of marinating, put the hare in a baking sheet or baking dish evenly in one layer. Put apples on all sides. We will do the same with the onion. We place the bow between the pieces of game, it can be placed closer to the sides. Sprinkle everything on top with vegetable oil. Hare for baking in the oven is ready.
6. We will bake the hare in two stages. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and put a baking sheet with hare there for 45 minutes. Then fill with sour cream and bake until a beautiful golden brown crust.
7. While the hare is baking in the oven, prepare the sauce. Take the greens, tear off the stems, if any, and chop them slightly finely. Move the greens to a deep bowl. Add sour cream to the greens, break the egg, add half a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of "Italian herbs" or "Provencal herbs". Mix everything well. Add some black pepper for flavor. We mix. The sauce is ready.
8. We take out the baking sheet and turn the pieces with the meat, or better mix them so that the hare is on top. Put sour cream sauce on top of the hare. We proceed to the second stage - we bake the hare in sour cream. We set to bake for another 40 minutes. We take it out and put it on.
9. We spread the meat on a plate and decorate with tomato slices, add a little dill and black pepper.
10. The baked hare in sour cream is ready and can be served.