Belgian Rabbit in Wine

Description

This great Belgian Rabbit recipe will make 6 to 8 people very happy ! Good cooking skills required to bring this dish to its fullest potential ! Enjoy !

Ingredients

• 2 rabbits (2½ lbs ea) or 1 hare cut serving pieces
• rabbit livers
• 2 large onions
• bay leaf
• 2½ cup red burgundy wine
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
• juice of 1 lemon
• 1 pinch dried thyme
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp freshly-ground black pepper
• 5½ tbsp butter
• 1 tart apple peeled, cored, and chopped
• 2 shallots minced
• 2 cups beef broth
• 2 tsp cornstarch dissolved in
• 1 tbsp water
• 1 tsp Kitchen Bouquet

Directions

1. Slice 1 onion thin and break into rings.
2. Put onion rings, rabbit, and bay leaf in a shallow bowl.
3. Pour on a mixture of wine, vinegar, lemon juice, thyme, salt, and pepper.
4. Cover and refrigerate for 24 to 36 hours; less time for young rabbits.
5. Drain rabbit.
6. Reserve marinade and onion rings but discard bay leaf.
7. Chop livers and saute in 2 tablespoons of the butter.
8. Chop remaining onion and add with apple to livers.
9. Saute until onion is soft.
10. Add 1 cup of the reserved marinade and simmer, covered, for 1 hour.
11. Melt remaining butter and brown rabbit well on all sides.
12. Add shallots, reserved onion rings, rest of marinade, and beef broth.
13. Simmer, covered, for about 1 hour, or until tender.
14. Remove rabbit and keep warm.
15. Puree liver mixture in a blender.
16. Stir liver puree, cornstarch mix, and Kitchen Bouquet into pan liquid.
17. Cook, stirring, until smooth and thickened.
18. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes more.
19. Serve the sauce with the rabbit.