No more tough chewy bunnies for me! 
I started buying and cooking rabbit a couple of years ago but always had a bit of trouble with it. It was fine in little pieces, say in a rabbit supreme or in a paella, but rabbit joints would turn out very dry. I think I’ve discovered why.
I use lots of internet recipes and they will tell you to cook rabbit in liquid for about 40 minutes on gas mark 4. THEY ARE LYING!!! Long slow cooking is much better for rabbit joints. I tried it last night . I made rabbit with a dijon mustard sauce and mashed potato.
I cooked the rabbit in liquid as usual but this time I had the oven at about 150 C (just below gas mark 3) and cooked it for two and a half hours. When I came to eat it, the meat came off the bones easily.
The mustard sauce is pretty good too. I’m usually a bit ambivalent about rabbit. It’s got an interesting flavour but I prefer most other game meats. This sauce, however, complemented it well and I think I’ll carry on making sauces with more bite to go with rabbit. It was lovely mixed up with the mash too. Here’s the recipe.
No more tough chewy bunnies for me!
I started buying and cooking rabbit a couple of years ago but always had a bit of trouble with it. It was fine in little pieces, say in a rabbit supreme or in a paella, but rabbit joints would turn out very dry. I think I’ve discovered why.
I use lots of internet recipes and they will tell you to cook rabbit in liquid for about 40 minutes on gas mark 4. THEY ARE LYING!!! Long slow cooking is much better for rabbit joints. I tried it last night . I made rabbit with a dijon mustard sauce and mashed potato.
I cooked the rabbit in liquid as usual but this time I had the oven at about 150 C (just below gas mark 3) and cooked it for two and a half hours. When I came to eat it, the meat came off the bones easily.
The mustard sauce is pretty good too. I’m usually a bit ambivalent about rabbit. It’s got an interesting flavour but I prefer most other game meats. This sauce, however, complemented it well and I think I’ll carry on making sauces with more bite to go with rabbit. It was lovely mixed up with the mash too. Here’s the recipe.
