Baked Mustard Rabbit Recipes

SLOW ROASTED RABBIT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Season the rabbit with salt and pepper. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the rabbit pieces and brown on all sides. Place in a 9x13 inch baking dish. In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, onion, ketchup, garlic, paprika, Worcestershire sauce and water; pour over the rabbit.
• Bake uncovered for 90 minutes in the preheated oven, basting frequently. Meat should be very tender when done.

ROASTED RABBIT IN THE OVEN

Steps:

• Place the rabbit on a baking dish and season with salt, peeled garlic, pepper, red pepper sauce, white wine, red wine, bay leaf and olive oil. Let marinate about one hour.
• Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).
• Bake the rabbit until slightly golden brown, about one hour. Occasionally, drizzle the rabbit with the sauce.
• Turn off the oven and serve with chips.

RABBIT IN MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• As indicated in the introduction I have doubled the sauce of the original recipe. You may therefore halve it if you are not as partial to sauce as I am.
• Preheat oven 180°C / 355°F / gas 2.
• Remove any visible fat from the rabbit meat. Rinse rabbit meat under cold water and drain well with kitchen paper.
• Brush pieces with mustard, but do not use too much of it, as it otherwise will burn during the frying process. Generously salt and pepper the meat.
• Fry the meat pieces in portions in hot olive oil in an oven-safe pot until they have a nice colour. Use more oil if necessary. Put browned meat aside.
• Fry onions and bacon in the pot you fried the rabbit for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Sprinkle with flour and stir. Add wine and stock and bring to a boil while you keep stirring. Add meat and thyme leaves.
• Cover with a lid and cook in the oven for 75-90 minutes or until tender. Remove pot from oven and put on stove. Add cream and 3 tablespoons of Dijon mustard. Mix and check if you want to add another tablespoon. Season to taste. Cook for a few minutes on the stove until the sauce is creamy.
• Serve on individual plates with mashed potatoes and vegetable of your choice. Garnish meat with thyme sprigs or thyme leaves.

HONEY BAKED RABBIT OR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Arrange meat in shallow baking dish.
• Mix all other ingredients.
• Baste frequently with mixture while cooking.
• Bake at 350°F for hour to an hour and fifteen minutes.

BAKED MUSTARD RABBIT

Steps:

• Cut the rabbit into 6 pieces as follows: cut the saddle into two pieces. Divide the hind legs, cut the fore section in half through the backbone leaving the forelegs attached to the ribs.
• Season the rabbit pieces generously with salt and pepper and put them into a large bowl. Add the mustard, mustard seeds, creme fraiche, garlic, bacon and bay leaves. Strip the leaves form the thyme and sage branches, chop them roughly (you want about 2 tablespoons of each) and add to the bowl. With your hands, smear the ingredients all over the rabbit pieces to coat evenly. Cover and let the flavours meld for an hour or two, or overnight, in the fridge.
• Bring the rabbit to room temperature, and preheat the oven to 200 C. Place the rabbit pieces, along with every drop of their juicy seasoning, in two shallow, oval earthenware baking dishes just large enough to hold them.
• Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for about 1 hour, turning the pieces as they brown. The rabbit should be nicely browned and the juices quite reduced.
• If they seem to be browning too rapidly, lay a piece of foil on top, then incover for the last 10 minutes of cooking. If the sauce seems too reduced, splash a little white wine or chicken stock into the bottom of the baking dish, and cook for a few minutes longer. Serve.

RABBIT WITH MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Finely chop onion. Pat rabbit pieces dry and season with salt and pepper. In a deep large heavy skillet heat oil over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and brown rabbit pieces on all sides in 2 batches. Transfer rabbit as browned to a large bowl.
• In skillet cook onion in 1 tablespoon butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened. Add wine and boil until liquid is reduced by about half. Return rabbit to skillet and add broth. Simmer rabbit, covered, until tender, about 40 minutes.
• Transfer rabbit to cleaned large bowl and boil sauce until reduced to about 2 cups. In a small bowl whisk together 1/4 cup sauce and mustard and whisk mixture into sauce. In another small bowl stir cornstarch into 1 tablespoon cold water and whisk into sauce. Simmer sauce, whisking, 3 minutes, or until thickened. Whisk in remaining tablespoon butter, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste. Return rabbit to skillet and cook over moderately low heat, turning rabbit to coat with sauce, until heated through.

PANKO- AND MUSTARD-CRUSTED RABBIT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°F. In medium bowl, whisk together butter and mustard. In large bowl, toss together panko and thyme.
• Season rabbit pieces with salt and pepper. Using pastry brush, brush 1 piece generously with mustard mixture, then dip in panko mixture and toss to coat. Transfer to large rimmed baking sheet. Repeat with remaining pieces, using 2 baking sheets. Drizzle pieces with olive oil.
• Bake 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350°F. Bake until crust is golden and juices run clear when meat is pricked with fork, about 10 minutes more.