Lapin Farci Provencale

By á-170456

Ingredients

• 1 rabbit - (3 lbs) ribcage, saddle, and backbone removed, skin left intact, tenderloin reserved, kidneys, liver minced
• 1 piece smoked bacon - (1 lb) rind removed, cut into long 1/2"-square strips
• 1/4 cup brandy
• Salt to taste
• Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 pound veal tenderloin minced
• 1 pound pork tenderloin minced
• 2 eggs
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 3 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 2 teaspoons thyme
• 1/4 cup clarified butter

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Combine rabbit tenderloin, bacon strips, brandy, salt and pepper, and thyme. Marinate for at least 1 and up to 12 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine veal, pork and rabbit liver and kidneys with eggs. Season with salt and pepper, garlic, parsley and thyme. Strain brandy out of marinating bacon and add to stuffing, beating well.

Stuff 1/2 of forcemeat tightly into rabbit cavity, keeping a 2-inch clearance at either end. Lay rabbit tenderloin and bacon strips on top and cover with remaining stuffing. Truss or pin rabbit together. Tie rabbit loosely with string every 2 inches, since the stuffing will expand during roasting. Place rabbit in roasting pan, coat with clarified butter and roast for 1 1/2 hours.

To serve, remove pins and string and cut rabbit into 2-inch thick slices, like a terrine. Cut shoulders and haunch in two and serve on a bed of buttered noodles.

This recipe yields 6 servings.