Fried rabbit with a spicy tangy sauce.

Love rabbit but want to try a different taste? With this sauce you will end up eating a lot of Maltese bread after you finish your rabbit... you will not even need to wash the plate... it's finger lickin' good

Ingredients:

1 rabbit cut

6 garlic cloves

4 bay leaves

1 tbs thyme

1 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp crushed chilies

4 cups red wine

2 tsp olive oil

2 shallots sliced

2 tbs flour

200ml beef stock

2 cups red wine

2 tbs balsamic vinegar

2 tbs sweet chilly sauce

salt and pepper

fresh parsley chopped

Method:

Place rabbit pieces in a bowl and add the garlic, bay leaves, thyme, ground cloves, crushed chilies and cover with red wine and leave to marinate overnight in the fridge.

Heat oil in frying pan.

Brown rabbit pieces in the oil together with the bay leaves and the garlic.

Add some of the marinade to the pan so that you always have some liquid in the pan.

 

When the rabbit pieces are cooked, remove from the pan and add the onions till soft.

If you have enough rabbit fat in the pan, just add the flower and make a roux until the mixture is dark brown. If you do not have enough fat, add some more olive oil.

Add the 2 glasses of wine and the stock to the mixture and stir until you have a smooth sauce.

Stir in the vinegar and sweet chillie. Taste and season accordingly.

Reheat the rabbit pieces in the sauce turning once to cover with sauce, add the fresh chopped parsley and serve.

You can serve the rabbit pieces covered with sauce with chips and/or Maltese bread. 

Don’t forget to put some sauce on the chips (as I did before i took the photo but I added mine after wards)… My kids end up eating bread with the sauce it’s delicious…

Try it and tell me what you think.

Bon apetit.