How do you eat yours??

[Whizzie 38]

What's your preferred way of preparing rabbits/game?

 

I'm a bit of a Slow cooker fan personally, has anyone got a really good stock recipe for using the hotpot/slow cooker to slowly cook game down? Today I've got a pot on with x2 know vegetable stock cubes & seasoned with additional salt n pepper, to make a briny stock & then I'll Use that to cook a good number of rabbits down, Removing each when it's ready, And separating the meat to freeze for when I want to make pies etc.

Once I'm done with the rabbits, I generally half the stock, And then use it to stew down some winter vegetables, Typically Swede, carrots, parsnip and An onion, to sweeten & flavour the whole thing, Before thickening it with gravy granules.

 

Anyone do It differently? Any fab methods?

[The Duncan 802]

I love stews, curries, chillies but also coated with cajun spice egg and flour, deep fried KFC style. It's good honey roasted too, even done it like coronation chicken style (called it jubilee rabbit) which is good for using up rabbit fronts.

I'm also going to try it a bit like pulled pork style - will keep you posted on the results

Edited October 9, 2012 by The Duncan

[secretagentmole 1,701]

Rabbits go in stews, Bunny and Black Pudding is a favourite, or Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Bunny Burgers...

Pigeons go in pies, stews or soup!

Pheasants get roasted!

[steve_7 10]

saltwater overnight to con the kids and say its chicken and roast, or roasted but covered in fattest bacon you can find.. yummy

[The Duncan 802]

Squirrel - deep fry, totally simple and tastes like a good farmyard chicken like you used to get as a kid. Great snack food, especially with a sour cream and chive dip.

[Scott the hunter 2]

i love making rabbit and venison burgers everyone in my family enjoyed them to so they cant of been that bad

[R.A.W 1,987]

i knew i shouldn't have read this thread i'm starving. dinner time it is then

 

love to roast rabbit with olive oil ,garlic and rosemary.

[HW 96.5 11]

Great thread for inspiration. Shame that our local squizzers are reds would love to try the above recipie spounds great.

 

Rabbit

 

usually do wabbit tikka style marinaded for 12 Hrs then over hot charcoal in the garden for the authentic smokey flavour. Serve with Madras or Jalfreze sauce and Pilau rice. Chapatti or Nan.

 

Pigeon

 

Fry 6 chopped breasts lightly with onions and herbs add to pie. Bake for 20 mins gas 6 serve with gravy mash and veg.

 

Pheasant

 

Roast whole bird covered with bacon and foil gas 6 20 mins. serve with roast spuds cranberry sauce and veg.

 

Teal

 

All time fave roasted as for pheasant 2 birds per serving. Usually go for home made cranberry sauce roast spuds and stuffing.

if you ever get the chance to try Teal never pass it up.

 

Wigeon

 

Some folk love it I find it has a strange ring to the flavour. This depends on the birds feeding habits. After lots of experimenting I find the strongish meat lends itself to making pate. And tastes great on toast for breakfast or supper.

Lightly fry chopped breasts untill still pink in the center add fried onions a couple of juniper berries and season well. Drain and keep any liquid. Blend without liquid to preferred texture add some of the liquor if needed. Place in ramakins and cover with melted butter. let cool and cover with film. Place in fridge for 2-3 days to really improve the flavour then freeze.

one of my friends has been a wildfowler for 40yrs he also is a great cook but this one blew his socks off.

 

Mallard

 

Another quite special bird breasts usually diced and wok fried with peppers onions mushrooms beansprouts bamboo shoots. Sauce is usually something chinese like singapore sauce or a bought blackbean sauce if you must use off the shelf sauce. Seve with home made fried rice. This meat is served in our local top class indian with Jalfeze, Madras etc. Very nice too.

 

 

 

I can elaborate on the sauces if I get request's to do so. have fun enjoy making what you shoot special to eat. I find it helps me stalk better if I slow down and consider the end result. Yum Yum

 

Steve

Edited October 10, 2012 by HW 96.5