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    Rabbit: Spicy Braised Rabbit


    Source of Recipe


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    List of Ingredients




    3 lb Frozen rabbit,thawed & cut
    1/2 t Salt
    1/3 c All-purpose flour
    1/2 lb Bacon,cut into 1/4" pieces
    1/2 c Finely chopped shallots
    1 Clove garlic,finely chopped
    1 c Dry red wine
    1 c Water
    1 T Instant chicken bouillon
    1 T Currant jelly
    10 Black peppercorns,crushed
    1 Small bay leaf
    1/4 t Dried rosemary leaves,crushe
    1/8 t Dried thyme leaves
    2 t Lemon juice
    3 T Water
    2 T Flour

    Recipe



    Sprinkle rabbit with salt. Coat with 1/3 cup flour; shake off excess.

    Fry bacon in Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp; remove bacon and drain on paper towels. Brown a few pieces of rabbit in hot bacon fat; remove browned pieces. Repeat with remaining rabbit. Remove all but 2 tablespoons fat.

    Cook and stir shallots and garlic in hot fat in Dutch oven until shallots are tender, about 4 minutes. Stir in wine, 1 cup water and the instant bouillon. Heat to boiling. Stir in jelly, peppercorns, bay leaf, rosemary and thyme. Return rabbit and bacon to Dutch oven. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer until rabbit is tender, about 1 1/2 hours.

    Remove bay leaf and discard. Place rabbit on warm platter; keep warm while preparing gravy. Stir lemon juice into liquid in Dutch oven. Shake 3 tablespoons water and 2 tablespoons flour in covered jar. Stir flour 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves in cheesecloth bag. stir 1 minute. (If gravy is too thick, stir in more water until of desired consistency.) Serve gravy with rabbit. Serves 4

 

 

 


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