Braised Rabbit with Oranges

Name: Braised Rabbit with Oranges
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: European, Spanish
Ingredients: 1 rabbit (ca. 1.3 kg, prepped and cut); 2 tbsp clarified butter; Salt; pepper (ground); 2 shallots (sliced into rings); 1 whole garlic bulb; 3 tomatoes (peeled, seeded, diced); 2 Bay leaves; 0.5 tsp juniper berries; 2 cloves; 1 pinch saffron strands; 500 ml dry white wine; 3 tbsp red wine vinegar; 2 oranges (unwashed, sliced)

Prep: 20min

| Servings: 4 | Cook: 1h 15min

Braised rabbit with oranges is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the rabbit category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

1 rabbit (ca. 1.3 kg, prepped and cut)
2 tbsp clarified butter
Salt
pepper (ground)
2 shallots (sliced into rings)
1 whole garlic bulb
3 tomatoes (peeled, seeded, diced)
2 Bay leaves
0.5 tsp juniper berries
2 cloves
1 pinch saffron strands
500 ml dry white wine
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 oranges (unwashed, sliced)

Instructions

1.
Season rabbit pieces with salt and pepper and brown them in clarified butter until golden all over; remove and keep warm in a baking dish.
2.
In the pan fat, sauté shallot rings and the garlic bulb until shallots become translucent; add tomatoes, bay leaves, juniper berries, cloves, and saffron to deglaze. Pour in wine, vinegar, and 1 cup of water, season with salt, bring to a boil, then remove from heat and pour over rabbit pieces.
3.
Cover the baking dish with foil and bake at 200°C for about 1 hour; lift the foil and continue cooking for another 15 minutes until done. Garnish with orange slices before serving.
4.
(Serve the whole garlic bulb as is, or squeeze out its cloves and stir into the stew).