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Rabbit And Cider Pie With Bacon And Stilton...


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Right so we had a decent day ferreting yesterday, most have gone off to the game dealers and other lads had a few but I brought myself half a dozen for the table. Had a few recipes in mind and still want to do rabbit lasagne.

 

However first up is Rabbit pie...

 

I washed 2 x jointed rabbits in salt water. Left them salted for a few hours before rinsing off and rubbing the meat with a chicken oxo cube...

 

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I placed a selection of mixed veg into bottom of slow cooker - diced carrots, chopped celery, diced white onion, diced parsnip, diced potato, lots of garlic. Added a pint of chicken stock, a pint of cider and topped with a layer of parsley.

 

Then I plaxced the rabbit on top of the veg and parsley.

 

Next in a hot pan, I melted some butter, added a red onion finely chopped, 4-6 chopped cloves of garlic and a packet of smoked bacon chopped into small pieces. I fried this until golden brown and then added to the rabbit in the slow cooker...

 

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I cooked the whole lot on low for 12 hours (overnight).

 

This is the meat this morning...

 

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Removed from the bone...

 

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I spooned the remainder of the slow cooker into a large pie dish, minus the liquid and mashed with butter...

 

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Then I added the rabbit meat and crumbled Stilton cheese over the top...

 

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I took the liquid from the slow cooker, put it into a small pan and thickened with gentle heat and cornflour...

 

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My littleun liked it that much I've made her a little bowl of the rabbit meat, veg and gravy. She won't be here for the pie later as she's going her mums...

 

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Then I added the thickened "gravy" to the pie dish to cover the veg and rabbit meat before topping with puff pastry and whacking in the oven for 45 minutes.

 

Voila...

 

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Looks brill Gaz. I find cooking rabbits in cider tenderises the meat, while adding to the taste. Very similar process to my Rustic Rabbit pie with cider. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/rustic-rabbit-pie-with-cider/ Keep up the good work lads. We'll be on Saturday Kitchen next.

 

that bloody james martin got lot to answer for he did a swish roll saturday that was it crash bang wallop in the kitchen and a bag of frozen raspberries from the plot made me own jam

 

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and I ended up with some thing that looked like it had been dropped from a plane :laugh: and yes I like me cream

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