Favourite Method

[bhawk 64]

So whats your favourite method of eating the bunnies. I normally am a fan of the slowcooker, nice stew, or cooked in cider. I just tried one of those cook in the bag, in oven so maggi things tonight, herb mix tonight, chucked diced rabbit in and it came out delicious. Tomorrow im going to try a bbq one.

 

So what is your favourite way of cooking it?

[LFM 0]

HOW NOT TO COOK RABBIT!! I once followed Mark Gilchrists recipe on preparing a large amount of rabbits in one hit with a view to then stripping the meat, covering in olive oil and saving in the fridge for using in different dishes. I started off poaching the rabbits 4 or 5 i think it was as per his instructions. They were freshly shot and dressed that morning. What he didn't mention was that the smell would be unreal. I was sharing a massive house 10 bedrooms 2 lounges etc and the smell was fecking disgusting we (I) had to wash the curtains it was that bad and got into everything. They were cooked to his instructions but again he never mentioned the smell on his youtube video. I had cooked rabbits and game before, and, since using different methods and never had that problem. If anyone on here is friends with Mark perhaps you might pass on my regards and tell him he owes me 100 quid for dry cleaning.

[vanman1 411]

Like mine in a pie Boil bunny,pick the meat off ,nice bit of pastry diced gammon,leeks ,mushrooms and a white sauce yum yum

[jeppi26 1,855]

Only ever tried it in a stew might give the cook in a bag ago

[The one 8,463]

Cooked in curry sauce

[J_mcintosh87 42]

Rabbit in tomato and Brazil sauce over a bed of pasta well nice ?

[pie-eater 377]

I love rabbit burgers minced rabbit mixed with some sausage meat or minced belly pork then add whatever flavours you enjoy, I chuck in some finely chopped chillis onions and some garlic puree.

 

Last night I boiled 3 rabbit saddles for one and a half hours stripped the meat from the bone and poured on a jar of madras sauce lovely.

 

Rabbit nuggets Minced rabbit mixed with sausage meat rolled into balls dipped in egg white then rolled in breadcrumbs.

 

Couple of weeks back I boiled a couple of rabbit saddles for half an hour wrapped in streaky bacon and cooked in the oven on a low heat for an hour, came out realy tender, served with roast potatoes parsnips and bread sauce bootiful.

 

Im thinking about making rabbit meatballs to go with spaghetti.

Edited November 10, 2014 by pie-eater

[pie-eater 377]

LFM if you gut rabbits as soon as possible after killing them they shouldn't have a strong smell while youre cooking them.

[krawnden 1,036]

My favs are -

 

Cut out the 'straps' either side of the backbone then slice into chunks about 3/4" thick. Marinade overnight in whatever takes your fancy. I like red wine, olive oil, bay leaf, couple of chunks of onion, celery + carrot and a twist or two of black pepper. Next day thread onto kebab skewers with chunks of pepper, mushroom and cherry tomatoes and cook over a bbq. Use the back legs for curry - endless variations.

 

Also Prue Coates' recipe for pigeon pie done with rabbit instead is delicious.

 

And young three quarter grown ones are great roasted whole.

 

mmmm...

[Flacko 1,742]

Fekin starving now nice ideas them

[bobh 27]

I make biltong using the back straps and thighs, great snack to take out ferreting.

Either that or curry

[krawnden 1,036]

Never thought of doing biltong - how d'you do that bobh?

[vanman1 411]

LFM if you gut rabbits as soon as possible after killing them they shouldn't have a strong smell while youre cooking them.

Yep def helps,we try and gut at the end of every bury.Whilst one nets the the next bury the other picks up and sorts bunnys .Works for us

[LFM 0]

Cheers Pie-eater and vanman1. They were gutted within 15 minutes of being shot as they were taken on the walk back to the motor. Like I said the smell was fuxking unreal when they were boiling. I thought maybe I'd left something in guts-wise but nothing I could see. The meat was fine once it was stripped so don't know what the story was. Needless to say rabbit never graced the table in that house very often and I gave what I'd shot away to the local dog rescue

[bobh 27]

I make biltong using the back straps and thighs, great snack to take out ferreting.

Either that or curry

Kind of like this recipie but then I put it in a dehydrator (Andrew James on off Amazon) to dry itit. Really easy

http://www.yuppiechef.com/spatula/how-to-make-biltong/