Potted Rabbit

Recipe: Rabbit rillettes

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Recipe ingredients

Rabbit rillettes recipe for 10 people:
1 rabbit
2 onions
20 cl of white wine
2 bay leaves
2 sprigs of thyme
Salt and pepper
1 knife tip of powdered cloves
3 tablespoons of armagnac
3 tablespoons of dry white
2 tablespoons of goose fat

Instructions

Cut the rabbit into pieces.
Heat a cast iron casserole dish with a spoonful of duck fat
Sear the rabbit in the hot fat.
Add the sliced onions, white wine and your alcohol.
Season with salt and pepper and add the herbs and clove powder
Place the casserole dish in the oven for 3 hours at 150), the meat should come off the bones
Let the meat cool and carefully bone it, the bones of the rabbit being very small and easily detaching from the flesh.
Separate the flesh with a fork.
Run your hand over the rillettes to detect that no small bones remain.
Return the meat to the casserole dish.
Add goose fat (optional in case of diet, no need for this fat intake).
Heat over low heat to melt the fat and incorporate it into the rillettes.
Pour the rillettes into the terrines.
Cover with fat if you consume the rillettes in several days.
Rabbit rillettes rather easy to make, they were scented to perfection. Spread on a nice slice of bread with a nice red.