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Eat your pets – save money

Rabbit

I found a great recipe for Rabbit Pie via The Fabulous Baker Brothers. This sounds really mouth watering and I can’t wait to try it.

Ingredients

  • 500g rabbit, diced
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 2 onions, diced
  • 100g bacon lardons
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • Good pinch of fresh thyme
  • Knob of butter
  • 100g wild mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 carrot, finely diced
  • 1 potato, finely diced
  • 1 tbsp plain flour
  • 400ml chicken stock
  • Splash of sherry vinegar
  • Small handful tarragon, finely chopped
  • Sprigs of rosemary (optional)
  • 1 egg, beaten

For the shortcrust pastry

  • 600g strong white flour
  • 150g cold beef dripping, broken into pieces
  • 150g cold butter, diced
  • 2 tbsp ice cold water

I couldn’t really eat a pet rabbit(?)

The image above was taken using a Pentax P30 35mm camera using ‘old stock’ (March 2000) Agfacolor HDC 200. July 2012. The image was processed in black and white.

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