This is a dish I created on Easter Sunday and twittered that I had cooked “el conejo de pascua” (thats the Easter Bunny to you…) Some found it funny whilst others seemed to take a huge amount of offence… But life goes on!
Back to the stew, it was absolutely delicious – despite the fact that it was my usual bung everything in and hope for the best. Actually, truth be told, I think once you have an understanding of flavours and what works you can make dishes up on the fly like that – and dont let any recipe cook / over-enthusiastic chef tell you any different!
Ingredients
1 Rabbit (cut into pieces)
1 Onion, chopped
3 Carrots, peeled and sliced
2 Potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1 Red Pepper, deseeded and sliced
1 Can of Chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 litre of chicken or vegetable stock
1 small package of tomato frito (or pasata if you do not have it)
1 small chorizo sausage, sliced thinly
1 small morcilla sausage, cut into pieces (it will fall into the sauce)
Olive Oil to fry
Instructions
- Heat the oil is a large stew pot and lightly fry the rabbit pieces until Golden Brown.
- Add the Onions and fry until softened.
- Add the Carrots, Red Pepper, Potatoes and sliced sausage
- Cook for a couple of minutes
- Add the tomato frito and chicken stock. Bring to a gentle boil and then reduce the heat.
- Cook slowly on the hob for about an hour
If you have too much sauce at the end and wish to thicken make a basic roux with flour and butter, make it into a paste and add to the stew. Cook until the sauce thickens.
offended? hah! they are easy to offend! in France rabbit stew is so common! I have had it many times while living there and in Lebanon made by french friends; yours sounds delicious with the chorizo which will give it some zing.
Rabbit Stew is still quite common in the rural areas of Britain but there has been a move away from it in city area… which is, perhaps, where the more offended individuals come from. I can understand Vegetarians being a little upset at my little Easter joke but I find it amusing when those individuals who still eat any other kind of meat still have issues with eating Rabbits…
What a perfect meal for Easter Sunday. I dont know if everyone has the same experience but to me rabbit tastes like lamb to me. So if I dont get lamb, I take rabbit.This is a special rabbit stew with some spices (red pepper). I was telling my mate the other time that carrots go well with rabbit, and here you have them – three of them.
I have tried eating rabbit stew once. My friends never touched it. I think it kind of tastes like chicken. Rabbits are well-loved pets around here so you won’t find them in any stew that easily!
For me it doesn´t taste like either lamb or chicken – it tates like rabbit, a flavour of its own (especially when using Wild).
Rabbits are popular pets where I come from. I guess it depends on your perspective. I was raised in the country where it is normal and perfectly common to eat rabbit as much as it is to eat any other meat.