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Rabbit in red wine sauce

Rabbit in red wine sauce

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This gorgeous, chicken-like dish is perfect for a special dinner with friends

Serves: 3-4
Skill level: Easy peasy

Ingredients

This dish is best cooked the day before, then reheated before serving. Add the mushrooms when you reheat. To freezecool before adding the mushrooms, pack into a plastic container, seal, label and freeze. Use within 2 months. Thaw in the fridge. Reheat until piping hot, adding the mushrooms.

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A 750ml bottle of full-bodied red wine (eg Saint Emilion)
1 tbsp olive oil
750g (1½lb) rabbit portions (6-8), oven-ready
200g pack smoked bacon lardons
12 shallots, peeled but left whole
2 tbsp plain flour
2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
Handful of thyme sprigs
2 fresh bay leaves
300ml (½ pint) chicken stock
250g (8oz) chestnut or cup mushrooms, wiped cleaned, halved or thickly sliced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Baguette, sliced, or mash, to serve

Method

Pour the wine into a pan, bring to the boil and boil for 5-7 minutes, or until it's reduced by around a third.
Heat oil in a large pan. Add the rabbit and fry for 6-8 minutes until skin is browned, turning it every so often. Take out with a draining spoon and set aside.
Add the bacon and shallots and fry for 4-5 minutes until lightly browned, then stir in the flour and cook for another minute.
Put the rabbit back in the pan, along with the garlic, herbs and reduced wine and stock. Bring to the boil, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the rabbit is cooked.
Add the mushrooms and cook for another 10 minutes. Season. Serve with bread or mash.

Top tip: This dish is best cooked the day before, then reheated before serving. Add the mushrooms when you reheat. To freeze: cool before adding the mushrooms, pack into a plastic container, seal, label and freeze. Use within 2 months. Thaw in the fridge. Reheat until piping hot, adding the mushrooms.Feature: Kate Moseley. Photos: Simon Pask. Props stylist: Sue Radcliffe.

By Andrea Mann

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Nutritional information per portion

Calories 611(kcal)
Fat 26.0g

This nutritional information is only a guide and is based on 2,000 calories per day. For more information on eating a healthy diet, please visit the Food Standards Agency website.

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.