Best 4 Rabbit With Gueze Lapin À La Gueuze Recipes

LAPIN A LA COCOTTE - FRENCH RABBIT STEW

Steps:

• In a large skillet or medium-sized Dutch oven, cook bacon until done; remove bacon with a slotted spoon and reserve for another use (for a salad, etc).
• In the bacon drippings, cook the onion and garlic until transparent. A.
• dd the rabbit pieces and saute over medium heat until rabbit is golden.
• Sprinkle on the flour and continue to brown rabbit for another 5 minutes or so, then add the beef broth, red wine, thyme, parsley and bay leaves.
• Cover and simmer over low heat for about an hour, adding more broth if necessary. Salt and pepper to taste (with the bacon drippings, not much salt is needed). Serve with mashed potatoes or buttered egg noodles.

RABBIT WITH GUEZE (LAPIN À LA GUEUZE)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350º. Melt 2 tbsp. of the butter in a medium, heavy pot over medium-high heat. Season rabbit with salt and pepper and brown well in batches, 5-8 minutes. Return rabbit and any accumulated juices to pot, add onions, thyme, bay leaf, and sugar, and cook, stirring often, until onions are soft, about 5 minutes. Add beer and bring to a boil. Cover pot, transfer to oven, and braise until rabbit is cooked through, 35-40 minutes. Remove from oven, uncover, and set aside to cool. Cover and refrigerate overnight. 2. Remove rabbit from pot and set aside. Boil braising liquid over high heat until reduced by half, about 30 minutes. Strain sauce through a sieve, discarding solids, and return to pot over medium heat. Work flour into the remaining 2 tbsp. butter, then stir into sauce, about 1 tsp. at a time, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens, 5-8 minutes. Return rabbit to pot, cover, and cook until warmed through. Discard bay leaf and thyme.

LAPIN A LA MOUTARDE (MUSTARD RABBIT)

Steps:

• Wipe the rabbit pieces with paper towels and coat with a mixture of the mustard butter and oil. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Arrange in a greased casserole and pour in the white wine. Cook, covered, for 45 minutes, basting frequently. Season with salt and pepper and remove from casserole.
• Pour in the cream and over low heat on top of the stove scrape up the cooking juices. Correct seasonings. Return the rabbit to the pan and coat thoroughly with sauce. Serve in a heated casserole dish, sprinkled with parsley.

LAPIN A LA BOURGUIGNONNE (RABBIT WITH RED-WINE SAUCE)

Steps:

• Sprinkle the rabbit pieces with salt and pepper.
• Put the salt-pork cubes in a saucepan and add water to cover. Bring to the boil and simmer about one minute. Drain thoroughly.
• Heat the butter in a large, heavy casserole and add the salt-pork pieces. Cook, stirring, until lightly browned, about three minutes. Add the onions and cook, stirring, about two minutes.
• Add the mushrooms, salt and pepper and cook, stirring, about two minutes. Transfer the onions, mushrooms and salt-pork pieces to a bowl and set aside.
• To the fat remaining in the casserole, add the rabbit pieces in one layer and cook, turning the pieces as necessary, until lightly browned all over, about five minutes. Scatter the mushrooms, onions and salt pork over the rabbit pieces and stir to blend.
• Cook about five minutes and sprinkle with flour, salt and pepper. Add the wine and cloves.
• Tie the parsley, thyme and bay leaf into a bundle and add it. Bring to the boil, cover closely and cook over very low heat about one hour. Remove and discard the herb bunch. Uncover and cook about three minutes to reduce the sauce.