Rabbit recipes

Mags_cat

greenpixey wrote: »

Hubby found a recipe on rabbit curry that I promised I would make for him. He shot a rabbit last week that I now defrosted.

The recipe says: First you need to brown the meat It's the first time I cook a rabbit this way and I'm not sure if I should get the meat of the bones first or brown it with bones ? Is there a certain way to do this procedure?

It is skinned, washed and dried I know how to cut it up in to pieces forelegs, hind legs and thighs, saddle, cut in half and breast.
But I dont want to overcook the rabbit until the meat falls off the bone. Should a curry have bones in it

I would say that you should leave them in. Cut the rabbit into pieces and brown, go from there. (By the way - yay for knowing how to do that - not everyone does!)

Bones will give whatever liquid you cook with them more flavour. If you don't want them in the finished dish, once it's cooked how you like it you could then shred the meat off the bones and add it back to the sauce. I'd probably leave them in but everyone likes it differently

KarrieBee

Hmm I had a recipe for rabbit ragu where you browned it in pieces on the bones. Cook it with the bones in in the sauce for a while and then if you want a 'smoother' sauce rather than a stew remove the pieces, take the meat off the bones and return the meat to the sauce for final cooking. It is a bit of a faff but as rabbits are pretty bony I think it is worth doing! Sounds yummy, naking me want rabbit now!

ragz_2

greenpixey wrote: »

Hubby found a recipe on rabbit curry that I promised I would make for him. He shot a rabbit last week that I now defrosted.

The recipe says: First you need to brown the meat It's the first time I cook a rabbit this way and I'm not sure if I should get the meat of the bones first or brown it with bones ? Is there a certain way to do this procedure?

It is skinned, washed and dried I know how to cut it up in to pieces forelegs, hind legs and thighs, saddle, cut in half and breast.
But I dont want to overcook the rabbit until the meat falls off the bone. Should a curry have bones in it

Well done to your hubby, mine hasn't caught any in ages, despite buying a lamp last week. Though he does spend hours on air gun forums talking about it :rolleyes:

I'd say brown in joints and cook like that. I tried boiling mine first the first time (meant to make it less gamey) then putting it in a casserol but it went all stringy and wasn't that nice to eat. Next one I'm going to curry in joints (if he ever catches one :rolleyes:)

mumslave

I have a recipe for rabbit chilli, in the slow cooker if you have one. I also tend to brown and then put in slow cooker, the meat normally ends up so tender it falls off the bone anyways, so you can pick them out when its all done.

My dad just gave us three bags of rabbit he minced up and a female pheasant (very tender) so I am goin to give pheasant in cider in the the slow cooker a whirl tomorrow. mmmm.

aliasojo

Shame on you lot.

mumslave

Hey, I am honest, my kids know its thumper they are munching on, I tell them so!

aliasojo

My first taste of rabbit stew was as a 13 year old. I came home for lunch one day and Mum had made 'chicken' stew as she called it. I was none the wiser until years later, lol.

It's not something I've been tempted to cook tbh but if I ever did.....I would have to lie to my lot too. :rotfl:

mumslave

why would you lie?! We had pet rabbits till just recently (no we didnt put them in a pot and eat them!) and just made it clear to the kids that pet rabbits dont tend to end up lunch and wild ones running about the hills do. They were fine with it.

I have had pigeon too, wood pigeon, not the scrawny town ones, that did have quite a distinctive flavour but not overpowering.

aliasojo

My eldest has disibilities which mean he has fixed thoughts and doesn't cope well with very much, my youngest is in her 'animal phase' and wants to send all our money to the RSPCA. It's easier to lie.

mark55man

easier to lie - and better for everyone.

my friend who is a farmer has a simple rule for the kids - if an animal has a name it will not end up in the pot. if it nameless - yum yum