Wild Wabbit.

[telboy]

Cooked it tonight & it WAS wild .
If you want the recipe, I'll post it.
Get the red wine & port in!!!!!!

[telboy]

[Hyacinth]

Got red wine
Got port
Haven't got a Wild Wabbit tho
(but that can be arranged) 8)

So, yes please, to your recipe, Tel. :)

[Barnowl]

Have you also got one for mildly irritated rabbit?


I'll get me coat ....

[KittyKatt]

Please could you post the recipe? It sounds delicious, and I have some rabbit in the fridge at the moment!
Kitty Katt

[telboy]

Sorry for the delay, I'll post it in 'Recipes.
And there's NO choclit in it Lish!!!!!!

[telboy]

Jesus H. wept,
I've tried to transfer a SIMPLE word doc. but can't. How do you convert a word doc. to:-
TXT ( can't read it -it's rubbish)
JPG
GIF
PDF
MPG
PNG
using XP?

[grawrc]

Can't you just copy and paste?

[telboy]

Cause I can  8)

                                                   Wabbit   

Serves 4
Oven temperature 180*C


o   2 * 1Kg. rabbits sectioned into 7 for ease of cooking (4 legs, chest, saddle,  spine                     end)
o   3 oz. butter
o   2 tbls. olive oil
o   4/5 rashers bacon, chopped
o   10 baby onions
o   2 good tabls. flour
o   500ml. real chicken stock
o   3 tabls. Port
o   2 tabls. French mustard
o   2 tabls. tomato puree
o   6 ozs. mushrooms (button or cut)
o   14 oz. butter beans (drained)
o   2 bay leaves
o   1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano. ( or 1 teasp. dried)
o   freshly ground black pepper


Red Wine Marinade

o   1 large carrot, diced
o   2 stalks celery, sliced
o   1 large onion, sliced
o   2 bay leaves
o   2 cloves garlic, crushed
o   4 whole cloves
o   1 tabls. fine chopped tarragon
o   1 tabls. fine chopped parsley
o   100 mls. olive oil
o   red wine

1)   To make marinade, place all veg. ingredients and the rabbit in a large glass/ceramic bowl. Add enough red wine to cover mixture. Cover bowl and set aside (all day/night). Strain and reserve marinade, discard veg..

2)    Melt 1oz. butter with 3 tabls. olive oil in a large deep baking dish. Add rabbit and bake for 30 mins. Remove rabbit, set aside and keep warm.

3)   Reduce meat juices over high heat, add bacon and onions and cook until onions start to brown. Remove onions/bacon from pan and set aside.

4)   Add rest of butter to remaining juices and melt. Add flour and cook gently. Slowly add stock until mixture is smooth and thickened. Blend in 500mls. of the reserved marinade, add port and bring to gentle boil.

5)   Reduce heat and blend in mustard and tomato puree.

6)   Return rabbit, bacon and onions and sauce to baking dish and bake for 30 mins.. Stir in mushrooms, bay leaves, beans, oregano. Season to taste and bake for a further 30 mins. or longer to ensure rabbit is tender.

Enjoy.

[Hyacinth]

Good recipe Tel 8) Shame that between you saying it was really good and you posting the recipe I've drunk all me port :-[....

I can only buy frozen Chinese rabbit here, unless there are any fresh for sale in the Bull Ring Market - I'll check after Christmas.

btw does the marinade turn the flesh that lovely dark red colour?

[KittyKatt]

It sounds great! Thank you for sharing it!
Kitty Katt

[Eristic]

Or if you are on a budget or short of time just roast the rabbit as above but pour in a bottle of brown ale when half cooked.