Rabbit Terrine
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 young rabbits, dressed and cut into 6 to 8 pieces, rib cages discarded
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 1 celery stalk, finely chopped
- 1 small carrot, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons capers, rinsed
- 3 tablespoons golden raisins
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup cup wine vinegar
- 1 cup chicken broth
- Heat the oven to 325F.
- Put the flour on a plate and season with salt and pepper.
- Stir to combine.
- Season the rabbit with salt and pepper, then lightly coat it with the seasoned flour.
- Heat the oil in a large ovenproof or cast-iron skillet set over medium-high heat.
- Add the rabbit in batches and brown it on all sides, about 15 minutes per batch.
- Transfer the rabbit to a plate and set aside.
- Reduce the heat under the skillet to medium.
- Add the onion, celery, and carrot and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add the capers and raisins and cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes.
- Add the rabbit back to the pan.
- In a small bowl, combine the honey and vinegar.
- When the honey has dissolved, pour the mixture over the rabbit.
- Add the broth and season with salt and pepper.
- Cover and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until the meat is very tender and falling off the bone.
- Remove the rabbit from the pan, and when cool enough to handle, diligently remove the bones.
- Transfer the meat and all the vegetables in the skillet to a large loaf pan.
- Cool and chill overnight.
- I serve this straight out of the loaf pan with sourdough bread.
- A rabbits foot carried in the pocket was a lucky charm in the early twentieth century; examples mounted in silver made in America but sold in England were advertised as the left hind foot of a rabbit killed in a country churchyard at midnight, during the dark of the moon, on Friday the 13th of the month, by a cross-eyed, left-handed, red-headed bowlegged Negro riding a white horsethis we do not guarantee.
- Folk-Lore 19 (1908) 296.
- One hundred marbles for a dollar is a pretty cheap price for ammoor good luck.
flour, salt, young rabbits, olive oil, onion, celery stalk, carrot, capers, golden raisins, honey, wine vinegar, chicken broth
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/rabbit-terrine-377974 (may not work)