Ingredients

  • 1 young rabbit, about 2 1/2 pounds, cleaned weight, cut into serving pieces
  • Salt to taste, if desired
  • Freshly ground pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 13 cup finely chopped onions
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped shallots
  • 1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
  • 1/2 pound mushrooms, thinly sliced, about 4 cups
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 1 pound fresh tomatoes, peeled, cored and cut into cubes, about 2 1/2 cups
  • 1 teaspoon tomato paste
  • 4 sprigs fresh parsley
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley

Method

  • Sprinkle the rabbit pieces with salt and pepper.
  • Heat the oil and butter in a casserole and add the rabbit pieces.
  • Cook until golden brown on one side, about four or five minutes, and turn the pieces.
  • Cook about two minutes on the second side.
  • Pour off the fat.
  • Add the onions, shallots, garlic and mushrooms.
  • Stir and continue cooking about five minutes.
  • Sprinkle the flour over all and stir.
  • Add the wine and stir to dissolve the brown particles that cling to the bottom of the casserole.
  • Add the tomatoes, salt and pepper.
  • Stir in the tomato paste.
  • Tie the parsley sprigs, thyme sprigs and bay leaf into a bundle and add it.
  • Cover closely and let cook about 45 minutes.
  • Remove the herb bundle.
  • Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.