Rabbit in red wine sauce

Name: Rabbit in red wine sauce
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 6 legs of rabbit (about 1, 4 kg); 75 g streaky smoked bacon; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 30 g clarified butter; 1 collar Soup Greens; 2 Onions; 2 TABLESPOONS Sugar; 1/2 untreated lemon; 2 Bay leaves; 6 Allspice seeds; 8 Peppercorns; 100 ml Red wine; 1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste; 1 (450 g) Bag of frozen croquettes; 1 TABLESPOON Oil; 1 TABLESPOON Flour; 2 TABLESPOONS Cranberry jam; 1 collar Parsley

AUTHOR
Antoine Long

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
75 mins

TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

6 legs of rabbit (about 1, 4 kg)
75 g streaky smoked bacon
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
30 g clarified butter
1 collar Soup Greens
2 Onions
2 TABLESPOONS Sugar
1/2 untreated lemon
2 Bay leaves
6 Allspice seeds
8 Peppercorns
100 ml Red wine
1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste
1 (450 g) Bag of frozen croquettes
1 TABLESPOON Oil
1 TABLESPOON Flour
2 TABLESPOONS Cranberry jam
1 collar Parsley

Directions

1
Wash rabbit legs and pat dry. Cut bacon into strips and pull into the rabbit meat with a larding needle. Season with salt and pepper. Heat 20 g clarified butter in a roasting pan and fry the legs in it for about 15 minutes.
2
Clean, wash and chop the soup vegetables. Peel and chop onions. Add the vegetables and onion to the rabbit, steam briefly and sprinkle sugar on top. Cut lemon into pieces. Add lemon, bay leaves, pimento and peppercorns.
3
Pour on red wine and stir in tomato paste. Cover and cook in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for about 45 minutes. In between, gradually pour on 1/4 litre of hot water.
4
Fry the croquettes in hot oil for 10-15 minutes until golden brown. Remove the legs from the roaster. Pour sauce through a sieve. Heat the remaining clarified butter in a pot. Stir in flour and sweat it. Stir in the sauce, bring to the boil and simmer for about 5 minutes.
5
Season to taste with cranberry jam, salt and pepper. Arrange rabbit with sauce on a plate. Wash the parsley, dab dry and chop. Sprinkle over the rabbit. Add croquettes extra.