Konijn Met Bier (Belgian style rabbit)

Taylor in Belgium's Note:

Always a favorite way to serve rabbit in Belgium, using the popular Kriek or cherry beer. Also served with french/belgian fries.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 cut up rabbit
• 1 small amout fat , to fry rabbit in
• 1 large onion , finely chopped
• 2 carrots , cubed in small blocks
• 1 apple , cubed in small blocks
• 3 sliced smoked bacon , finely diced
• water
• 1 bottle dark beer or 1 bottle cherry/kriek beer or 1 glass madeira wine
• salt
• thyme
• sugar
• bay leaf
• 1 slice bread , large
• mustard

Directions:

1. Brown the rabbit pieces in the fat.
2. Sprinkle a little sugar over all and add all ingredients except the bread and mustard.
3. Cover with lid and let simmer until rabbit is tender.
4. Spread mustard on slice of bread.
5. Take rabbit pieces from sauce and lay bread slice in sauce and stir until sauce is thickened.
6. Serve with fries and applesauce.

Reviews

[Chef Lanibobonnie]

Your recipe is quite tasty and I made very little change; just added some celery and quartered the onion and sliced rather than dicing small. I used the Madeira and loved the taste. I also baked it at 350 for an hour and then 15 minutes with the lid off. Thank you for posting this, I will make it again :)

[Jan Waters]

It's me again...Just wanted to tell you that this is one outstanding recipe! We've made it at least four times over the year and I felt I needed to share once again that we throughly enjoyed it with the madeira wine as well. Thank you so very much!