Rabbit with juniper berries
Slowcooked Rabbit with juniperberries
900 gram chunks of rabbit
Marinate (for at least 4 hours) in :
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, pressed
1 bayleaf
3.5 dl fruity red wine (in this case, Mooi Kaap Droe Rooi)
2 sprigs of fresh thym
1 sprig of fresh rosemary (or dried if you forget to buy it)
1 T crushed juniperberries
Preheat the slowcooker.
Take the rabbit out of the marinate.
Save the marinate for later.
Dry the meat as well as you can.
Panfry the pieces of rabbit in 2 T oil.
Put the browned pieces in the slowcooker.
Deglaze the pan with the marinate.
Bring to the boil and pour on top of the rabbit in the slowcooker.
Slowcook on high for 1 hour.
Then soak 15 gram dried porcini in 1.5 dl boiled water.
Leave them soaking for 1 hour.
After the 1 hour soaking and 1 hour slowcooking, drain the porcini and pour the soaking liquid in the slowcooker.
Chop the porcini and set aside. Cover with clingfoil.
Slowcook on high for another 2 hours.
After those 2 hours, remove the rabbit from the slowcooker.
Put the marinate/liquid through a sieve to get rid of all the pieces of onion, berries, etc.
Add the sieved liquid and the rabbit back into the pan.
Add the chopped porcine. Add salt and pepper to your taste.
Slowcook for another hour.
Take the rabbit out of the slowcooker on a plate.
Thicken the sauce with lumps of butter. Or cornstarch.
Add 2 T chopped parsly
Spoon over rabbit and serve.
Nice with mash potatoes and carrots.
From : The Slowcooker Cookbook by Catherine Atkinson