Rabbit With Cider in Prunes
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
2-3
ingredients
- 4 rabbit joints
- 1 tablespoon seasoned flour
- 225 g streaky bacon or 225 g pancetta
- 1 -2 tablespoon oil
- 2 large onions, peeled, halved and thinly sliced to form crescents
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 300 ml stock
- 1 bunch herbs (parsley, thyme, bay leaf)
- salt & pepper
- 110 g pitted prunes
- whipping cream (optional)
- butter (optional)
- 300 ml cider or 300 ml white wine
directions
- Dust rabbit joints in flour.
- Wrap each piece in strip of bacon, securing with toothpick.
- Heat oil in large saucepan.
- Gently sauté onion & garlic.
- Transfer to flameproof casserole dish.
- Brown rabbit in frypan.
- Add these to casserole.
- Pour cider (or wine) & stock over rabbit.
- Add herbs & seasoning.
- Gently heat until barely simmering.
- Cover & continue to simmer very gently for 1 - 1 1/2 hours until rabbit is tender.
- Add prunes 15 minutes before time is up.
- To serve place rabbit pieces on shallow platter.
- Quickly boil the sauce to reduce & thicken.
- Stir in 1 - 2 Tblsp of cream OR butter if using.
- Pour sauce all over the rabbit and strew with croutons & chopped parsley.
- Serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
jenny butt
Australia
HiI'm Jenny B..........an adopted Aussie in '72, originally hailing from Trinidad & Tobago........I currently live in S.A....alovely spot called Hallett Cove, south of the city and heading towards some of our famous wineries.....McLarenvale.........Professionally I'm a Mental Health Nurse,working in the I.C.U of Adelaide's major psychiatric hospital........I have 3 grown daughters ,all live interstate/o'seas........I go ten pin bowling as often as possible.....very good exercise !! <img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/ZaarNicksMom/PACsticker-Adopted.jpg">