Clue: Punished author who supposedly prioritised catching hare, we hear (6)
Answer: BEATEN
Explanation: Definition: Punished
Sounds like ('we hear') BEETON, a reference to Isabella Mary Beeton, the Victorian author of *Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management*. The recipe starting "First catch your hare" does not appear in that book, and is murky. The clue does say 'supposedly'.