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Rabbit and..............
« on: November 06, 2010, 21:38 »
There here some lovely rabbits in my local butcher this week , so im gona buy some next week. I plan on chopping them up into small portions bones in and cooking them all day in my slow cooker.

Having checked out a few recipes im not sure if to use ,Red wine, white wine or cider ?

What do you   prefer cooking your rabbit in? im kinda swaying to using some cider in it.
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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2010, 22:09 »
How much are they in your butchers MoreWhisky?  I pay £1. 80  from the butchers but sometimes we find a couple tied to the gate :happy:

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2010, 22:21 »
£2 each Spana, im going to buy 2 i think the price is ok ish.

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2010, 22:27 »
They are good value, and lots of meat. 

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2010, 08:23 »
I'm lucky as I get mine for free but the butcher in the next town from me charges £5.50. You can thank all these Celebrity Chefs for making the prices go out the roof. All the cheap cuts of meat & what I think is the best cuts have now become silly prices.
Three years ago the butchers had a job to give it away.  :tongue2:
Oxtail is £9-11 in my local butchers. :ohmy:

Sorry rant over.
MY BACKS ACHING!!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2010, 08:56 »
There here some lovely rabbits in my local butcher this week , so im gona buy some next week. I plan on chopping them up into small portions bones in and cooking them all day in my slow cooker.

Having checked out a few recipes im not sure if to use ,Red wine, white wine or cider ?

What do you   prefer cooking your rabbit in? im kinda swaying to using some cider in it.

I cook mine slowly in onions, tinned chopped tomatoes, herbs and just a touch on Worcester sauce. A really economical meal because they just cost about £1.50 each.

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2010, 09:08 »
Rabbit is a pale meat and unless you're cooking very long and very slow I'd use white wine instead of read for aesthetic reasons.

There is a version of Paella made with rabbit and snails if you're looking for something different. Hedgerow snails are fine - just feed them on potatoes for a week then starve them for a couple of days to get rid of any grit.

A 'celebrity chef' showed this on the TV recently (forget who), but there are enough recipes on the internet.

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2010, 09:13 »
I'm lucky as I get mine for free but the butcher in the next town from me charges £5.50. You can thank all these Celebrity Chefs for making the prices go out the roof. All the cheap cuts of meat & what I think is the best cuts have now become silly prices.
Three years ago the butchers had a job to give it away.  :tongue2:
Oxtail is £9-11 in my local butchers. :ohmy:

Sorry rant over.

If the £5.50 is for a wild rabbit it is extortionate , a farmed rabbit would have twice the meat (but not the taste) and still be a good buy.

Oxtail stew used to be a cheap favourite winter meal as was roast belly pork and beans.
Not so cheap now!

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2010, 10:31 »
My dad used to make a lovely rabbit stew and i do much the same now altho I cant quite get the flavour he managed to get.   ::)
He soaked the rabbit in milk for a couple of hours but only used water for the stew with plenty of onions, carrots and herbs.  At the end of cooking he mixed cornflour with the milk the rabbit was soaked in and stirred that in to make it creamy and thicken it.  I like to put dumplings as well :happy:
Most rabbit recipes say brown the meat first but he didn't.
I hope the price doesn't go up here, my little terrier has a raw diet and rabbit is her favourite :)

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2010, 14:20 »
Cider or white wine MW. ;)
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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2010, 14:30 »
I always prefer the alcohol in a glass with the meal . :)

Not a wine sauce/gravy fan.

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2010, 17:46 »
I was looking in my butcher's shop the other day and they were - wait for it - the equivalent of £15 each :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy:  Guess how many I bought? Yep, spot on.

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2010, 17:53 »
WHAT :ohmy: were they wearing mink coats :lol:

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2010, 18:00 »
Those french rabbits must be extra  tastey

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Re: Rabbit and..............
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2010, 13:33 »
Oo la la  mes amis - I can only think they'd made a mistake! But ze french rabeet is vairy chic you know - and zay mooov sooo beeeutifully - 'owever , a deed nert need ze rabeet zat merch!  ze mince meat eez jerst fine wiz me!



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