Rabbit With Cider And Mustard Casserole

[Mister Gain 1,764]

Have been making this on and off for over 20 years. In the early days I used to buy rabbits off a mate I now shoot with.

You can 'tweak' the ingredients to suit your taste, i.e. more mustard, more cider, the addition of a couple of cloves of crushed garlic, replace the water with chicken stock etc. I have even added pre-cooked green lentils. Enjoy.

 

 

 

Rabbit with cider and mustard casserole

 

Ingredients:

1 whole rabbit- jointed (will yeild 5 portions).

12 to 15 small shallots or pickling onions.

½ pint cider (dry or sweet, doesn't matter will be adding some honey).

enough plain 'seasoned' flour to lightly coat the rabbit (approx ½ cup).

2 heaped teaspoons of English Mustard (powder or wet).

½ flat teaspoon of salt.

Good grating of fresh black pepper to taste.

1 tablespoon of olive oil.

1 teaspoon of honey

Water

Method.

Put seasoned flour into a plastic bag and add the rabbit portions.
Seal the bag and shake so that all rabbit is lightly coated.
Remove rabbit and shake off excess flour.
Heat the olive oil in a pan and brown the rabbit.
Remove the rabbit and put into a casserole dish.
Peel the shallots or small pickling onions, but leave the root stump on,
this will help the shallots/onions to hold together during cooking.
Put the shallots/onions into the pan and fry till just starting to caramelise.
Remove the shallots/onions and add them to the casserole dish.
Add the cider to the pan and deglaze.
Add the honey and the mustard. The mustard will emulsify the liquid.
Cook mixture until amalgamated, only a few minutes, then add it to the casserole.
Add the salt and pepper, and top up with water(or a little more cider) enough to barely cover the rabbit.
Taste the liquid at this point and adjust the ingredients and seasoning to your taste.
Put lid on and cook in the middle of a pre-heated oven on a medium setting (160ºC - 170ºC) for approx -90 minutes.
Remove lid for the last 15 minutes and allow liquid to reduce.

[noddy10 411]

Gona have a bash at this one, cheers

[Mister Gain 1,764]

Hope you enjoy, it's a good'un.

[kenj 131]

Looks good. I make my own cider, some with honey added. I'll give this one a try.

[higgins 75]

looks good thanks for sharing