Rabbit with bruschetta (Meat)

Member Name: clairestevens

Product:	Meat
Date:	23/01/08 (16 review reads)
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Advantages: Really delicious....

Disadvantages: .....provided you can away from the fact that it was once a fluffy bunny

If you can get past the fact that they were once fluffy little bunnies hopping about in a field, rabbit joints are one of the best meats you can buy. Generally fairly cheap from a butcher, they are low in fat and cholesterol but high in protein. It has a lovely gamey taste thatisn't too overpowering. The following recipe is a great way of preparing it....

Ingredients
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1 rabbit, chopped into medium-sized chunks on the bone or use ready prepared boneless chunks of rabbit
plain flour, for dusting
150ml extra virgin olive oil
1 garlic head, cloves separated and kept whole with skin on
large bunch rosemary, broken in half
150ml white wine
salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the bruschcetta:
a few slices of bread
a few garlic cloves, peeled but left whole


1. Season the rabbit with salt and pepper and dust with the flour
2. Heat the extra virgin olive oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan. When hot add the floured rabbit chunks and seal well on all sides until golden brown and quite crisp. Reduce the heat, add the garlic and rosemary cover with a lid and cook gently for 30 minutes, turning the pieces of rabbit from time to time. Raise the heat to high, remove the lid, add the wine and simmer until it has evaporated.
3. When the rabbit is ready, make the bruschetta. Toast some slices of bread, immediately rub them with the garlic and then drizzle with some of the olive oil that will have risen to the top of the rabbit sauce. Serve the rabbit accompanied by the bruschetta.

Summary: tasty rabbit recipe