How To Make Hasenpfeffer (Rabbit Stew)
If you’re looking for a unique meal, this rabbit stew recipe is easy to make with premium rabbit meat along with bacon, wine, shallots, and others.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3lbsrabbit meat,cleaned and cut into pieces
- ½tspsalt
- ⅓cupall-purpose flour
- ½lbbacon,diced
- ½cupshallots,finely chopped
- 1garlic clove,finely chopped
- 1cupdry red wine
- 1cupwater
- 1tbspchicken bouillon granules
- 1tbspcurrant jelly
- 10black peppercorns,crushed
- 1bay leaf
- ¼tsprosemary,dried, crushed
- 2tsplemon juice
- 3tbspwater
- 2tbspall-purpose flour
- ⅛tspthyme,dried, crushed
Instructions
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Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain on paper towels and set aside. Sprinkle rabbit with salt and coat with ⅓ cup of flour, shaking off excess.
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Brown rabbit in remaining bacon fat. Remove from skillet along with all but 2 tablespoons of the fat and reserve.
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Saute shallots and garlic in skillet for about 4 minutes until tender. Stir in wine, 1 cup water, and bouillon. Heat to boiling then stir in jelly, peppercorns, bay leaf, and rosemary.
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Return rabbit and bacon to skillet. Heat to boiling, then reduce heat to low. Cover and let simmer for about 1½ hours or until the rabbit is tender.
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Remove bay leaf and discard. Place rabbit on a warm platter and keep warm while preparing gravy.
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To make the gravy, stir lemon juice into the skillet with cooking liquid. Combine 3 tablespoons water with 2 tablespoons flour and mix together; stir mixture into skillet over low heat.
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Finally, stir in thyme. Pour gravy over stew and serve or pour into a gravy boat and serve on the side.
Nutrition
- Calories: 837.63kcal
- Fat: 41.81g
- Saturated Fat: 13.28g
- Trans Fat: 0.08g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 15.10g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 7.48g
- Carbohydrates: 21.29g
- Fiber: 1.34g
- Sugar: 5.31g
- Protein: 77.80g
- Cholesterol: 231.53mg
- Sodium: 1173.44mg
- Calcium: 73.73mg
- Potassium: 1417.08mg
- Iron: 6.95mg
- Vitamin A: 7.03µg
- Vitamin C: 3.39mg
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