Elizabethan Rabbit

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 sprig parsley
• 1 sprig thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 rabbit, cut up
• flour, for dusting
• 1/4 cup dripping (or lard)
• 3 jerusalem artichokes, sliced
• 2 onions, minced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 3/4 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1 1/4 cups red wine
• 2 apples, peeled and chopped
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1/2 orange, juice of
• 1/2 orange, zest of, grated
• 2/3 cup chicken stock
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 tie parsley, thyme and bay leaf together to make a bouquet garni.
• 3 dust the rabbit pieces with flour.
• 4 heat the drippings or lard in a dutch oven.
• 5 brown rabbit.
• 6 remove and set aside.
• 7 add artichokes, carrots, onions and muchrooms and cook a few minutes.
• 8 pour in wine and cook a few minutes, until slightly reduced.
• 9 return rabbit to pot.
• 10 add bouquet garni and all remaining ingredients.
• 11 place in oven and cook for 2 hours.