Rabbit Ragu

Name: Rabbit Ragu
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 rabbit (jointed into six pieces, ask your butcher); 2 sticks celery (finely chopped); 2 carrots (finely chopped); 2 brown onions (finely chopped); 4 cloves garlic (finely chopped); 500 ml veal stock (can use beef or vegetable); 700 ml tomato sugo; 2 bay leaves; 1 Sprig fresh oregano; 1 Sprig fresh thyme; salt & pepper

Felicity MacLeod

Prep 20 mins20m

Cook 2 hrs2h

Serves 6

Summer is over, tonight is the first really cold Sunday in ages so it was fitting to revisit a winter's favourite, Rabbit Ragu.

We've been talking about making it for months and the wait was worth it. I love this dish it is hearty, full of flavour and I love the romance of slow cooking meat at the weekend.

Serve with pasta, polenta or mash potato.

↬ Adapted from Pappardelle with rabbit ragu Recipe - Italian | Good Food

Ingredients

2 tbsps olive oil
1 rabbit (jointed into six pieces, ask your butcher)
2 sticks celery (finely chopped)
2 carrots (finely chopped)
2 brown onions (finely chopped)
4 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
500 ml veal stock (can use beef or vegetable)
700 ml tomato sugo
2 bay leaves
1 sprig fresh oregano
1 sprig fresh thyme
salt & pepper

Instructions

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1
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
2
Heat oil in an oven proof pot, that can also go on the stovetop. Add rabbit pieces and brown on all sides. Remove and set aside.
3
In the same pot, add celery, carrots, onions and garlic and over a medium heat for , until well softened.
4
Return the rabbit pieces to the pot, then add stock, tomato sugo, herbs and bring to the boil.
5
Cover with lid and place in the oven; cook for .
6
Remove from oven, take the rabbit pieces out of the pot and shred the meat roughly. Remove and discard all bones. Return the meat to the pot and stir through the sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
7
Return pot to stovetop, meanwhile prepare pasta, polenta or mash potato. Serve ragu with cheese and fresh herbs.

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