Name: Savory Roast Rabbit with Shallots & Garlic
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 95 min
Total time: 115 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 25 gram Fresh Thyme; 150 milliliter Water; 10 gram Black Pepper; 250 milliliter Whipping Cream 33%; 10 gram Salt; 10 gram Unsalted Butter; 8 clove Wild Garlic; 400 gram Potato Gnocchi; 12 piece Shallots; 300 gram Mushrooms; 1 kilogram Domestic Rabbit

Step-by-step method

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At a glance

This elegant roast rabbit dish comes together in about an hour and a half, combining tender meat with caramelized shallots and garlic cloves that soften beautifully in the oven. The trickiest part is basting the rabbit regularly throughout cooking to keep it moist, then finishing with a luxurious cream sauce and crispy pan-fried mushrooms that you can prepare while everything else is roasting.

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Season the meat

Season the rabbit, or rabbit legs, with salt and pepper on all sides and inside as well. Feel free to season to your own taste.

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5 gram
Salt

5 gram
Black Pepper

1 kilogram
Domestic Rabbit
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Prepare the shallots and garlic

Peel the shallots and cut them in half. Leave the garlic unpeeled, just remove any dry, papery outer layers.

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12 piece
Shallots

8 clove
Wild Garlic
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Into the roasting dish

Place the rabbit in a roasting dish, arrange the shallots and unpeeled garlic cloves around it, and sprinkle over the thyme. Pour in about 150 ml of water and cover with a lid.

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20 gram
Fresh Thyme

150 milliliter
Water

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Roasting

Roast in an oven preheated to 170°C for about an hour, though this depends on the size of the rabbit. Every so often, open the oven and baste the rabbit with its own juices. Once the meat is cooked through, pour the cream over everything in the dish and return it to the oven for a further 10 minutes.

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250 milliliter
Whipping Cream 33%
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Preparing the mushrooms

Start on the mushrooms once you've put the meat with cream back into the oven — that's plenty of time. Slice them thinly and tip them into a pan with melted butter. Fry until nicely browned and slightly crisp. Season with salt, pepper and thyme.

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300 gram
Mushrooms

10 gram
Unsalted Butter

5 gram
Salt

5 gram
Black Pepper

5 gram
Fresh Thyme
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Herb gnocchi

Potato gnocchi make the perfect side dish — simply add them to a hot pan with a little oil and fry until crisp. Take off the heat and toss through some chopped fresh herbs.

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400 gram
Potato Gnocchi

Step-by-step method

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Season the meat

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Prepare the shallots and garlic

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Into the roasting dish

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Roasting

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Preparing the mushrooms

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Herb gnocchi

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Roast Rabbit with Shallots and Garlic

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