Crackin Hearty Meal with strong Flavours,for when your starvin !!!
Ingredients
1lb Boned Rabbit
2 cloves Garlic sliced thinly
10 slices of Pancetta
1 1/2 lb of Tomatoes,peeled ,seeded and roughly chopped
3 tbsp of Basil chopped
Ground salt and pepper
2 tbsp olive oil
Vegetables for Roasting
HARD VEGGIES
Small Potatoes
Butternut squash
Parsnips
SOFT VEGGIES
Banana Shallots
Red Onions
Fennel Bulb
6 whole Garlic bulbs
Fresh Thyme
Fresh Rosemary
Balsamic Vinegar
Olive Oil
salt & Pepper
Preheat Oven to 200 degrees
Prep Roasted Vegetables to a uniform size so they roast evenly.
Then Prep Tomatoes,and cook on a medium heat for 10 mins, stir in chopped Basil and season with salt and pepper.
Place Tomatoes in base of Ceramic Dish.
Meantime,prep Rabbit pieces...............
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Lay 2 slices of Pancetta on board,then position rabbit in the middle,place 2 thin slices of Garlic and wrap together....Thyme strands can be added whole or leaves added loose.
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Tuck loose ends under Rabbit.
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Place Wrapped Rabbit onto Tomatos in dish.
Put into oven top for 30 mins open topped
Place tray of HARD vegetables into middle of oven sprinkle Herbs and olive oil and balsamic vinegar for 30 mins...season toward end of cooking.
after 10 minutes..............
Place tray of SOFT vegetables in bottom of oven sprinkle with herbs and oil and balsamic vinegar for remaining 20 mins.
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Vegetables should be Roasted Equally but cook to your liking.
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Pancetta wrapped Rabbit ready to serve.
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Serve with steamed vegetables and enjoy a thoroughly Rustic and really tasty Roasted Combination.
Enjoy
Gazza
Mealtimes must be such fun in your house.
I used to have more rabbit than I could deal with, but now I hardly see any. A man used to come to our house with wild rabbits slung on a stick over his shoulder at a shilling each. People would often give us a hare, too. Happy days. Wish I had had this recipe then.
Gazza,
Your recipes are very inspiring and make me want to cook ;D
Is cooking a relaxing hobby, or is it your daily job??
BTW this recipe sounds delish :P
Debs
OOh I miss rabbit, but just refuse to pal $30 for a small frozen oen which is all that is available here.
XX Jeannine
Just for fun Debs,I work as a Volunteer at a local Hospital and some days it can be a tad stressful (but enjoyable) and luv to come home and cook for Jude and I.
There has been a few bouts of mixxy around my way Jeannine,so the supply of Bunny even here can be stretched when that desease strikes,I didnt realise Rabbit would be so expensive for you.
Gazza
Gazza, I want to thrash you with a damp noodle, I thought about your recipe till I gave in and bought two last night... ggrhhhh but thank you, ;D ;D
I used to get them free all the time from some of the traveller families I worked with in the UK, they would never let me pay for them.
XX Jeannine
"""Gazza, I want to thrash you with a damp noodle"""
Thats very considerate of you Jeannine,but that job has been filled these last 25 years and I bare the scars to prove it....only Jude tends to use Al Dente Fettucini these days as its a tad wider than the spaghetti ....she must be getting soft in her Old age....... ;) ::)
we,ll I hope you enjoy your ""expensive Bunny"" meal !!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
Gazza
Oh good, glad to hear you are being looked after.
I prefer Japanese Udon, it is heavier and fatter, leaves a nice well rounded weel.
XX Jeannine
;D ;D ;D