caramelized rabbit

[mooster 1]

Some of my favouruite rabbit recipes are those with sweet ingredients like apples and prunes.

This one I recently discovered in an old French "bistro recipes" book and goes a step further using sugar to coat the rabbit and cream and sherry in the final sauce!

It's absolutely lovely if you like rich food.

 

1.coat your rabbit pieces in castor sugar then brown in 50g of butter until the sugar goes brown (caramelised) in a casserole pot.

2.Take the rabbit out then put 4 tablespoons of orange juice in the pot and mix into the caramel along with a few spoonfulls from 1/2 pint of stock then turn off heat and tip mixture into a bowl.

3.Fry 100g diced streaky bacon in the oil until well browned then remove bacon from pot leaving oil in the pot.

6.Add a chopped onion and garlic clove.Cook until softened.

7.Add 1 tablespoon of plain flour and cook 2-3 minutes, then add the rest of the stock,the caramel and orange mixture,2 teaspoons tomato puree and the grated rind of one orange.Bring to the biol and season.

8.Add the rabbit,bacon and boquet garni.

9.Cover and cook in oven 190 c 375 f or gas 5 for 1 1/4 hrs.

 

Place cooked rabbit on a warm serving dish and remove boquet garni.

Heat sauce gently and add 3 tablespoons medium dry sherry and same ammount of whipping or double cream without boiling.

 

 

Pour over the rabbit.

 

Garnish with fresh parsley and a few green olives.

 

 

Ingredients.

1 jointed rabbit

75g caster sugar.

50g butter.

4tbsp orange juice.

1/2 pt stock.

2 tbsp oil.

100g streaky bacon.

1 large onion finely chopped.

1 garlic clove crushed.

1 tbsp plain flour.

2 tsp tomato puree

grated rind of 1 orange.

salt/pepper.

1 boquet garni.

3 tbsp sherry and 3 of whipping cream.

 

serve with plain mashed potato.

 

Sounds fiddly but that's probably my fault. Well worth the effort,but remember it's quite rich so consume in moderation if you can!

[skycat 6,172]

I shall DEFINITELY try this one: sounds deeeelicious! Thanks for putting it up.

[juckler123 707]

Me too im always looking for alternative recipes

[nrat 8]

Me too im always looking for alternative recipes

souds loveley,better than the avberidge rabbit stew,

[mooster 1]

No problem.Hope you enjoy it....I personally prefer it without the sherry but like all recipes should be tweaked to suit your own preference.

[Malt 379]

Sounds nice, will have to try it.