Sunday, April 4, 2010

Happy Bunny Day, Delicious Bunny Day

The best places I have found enjoy a well prepared rabbit, are
1) a restaurant on Cleveland's far west side whose name I cannot remember (where I went on a mass interview with 4 other candidates for Everready battery, back in 1994)... twas my introduction to buttered rabbit medallions.
2) France - I have yet to have a poorly prepared rabbit in France
3) Sophie's Bistro, here in Phoenix - Chef Brendan Ayers does wonders with de lapin.

Here's a yummy recipe for rabbit, that sound absolutely delicious:

Medaillons de lapin a la mode du chef - for details, link here.
Rouler les filets de lapin en médaillons, les barder de lard fumé et les brider avec du fil culinaire. Eplucher les concombres, les couper en tronçons de 10 cm de long, puis les découper en fines lamelles avec le couteau économe jusqu'aux pépins. Poêler les médaillons de lapin trois minutes de chaque côté. Faire suer les concombres trois minutes dans un fond de beurre.

Pour la sauce, réduire en purée avec le batteur plongeur la pomme épluchée et râpée avec le bouillon, la banane écrasée et le curry. Y incorporer la crème en remuant et monter avec quelques noix de beurre glacé. Disposer les lanières de concombre au centre d'assiettes chaudes, répartir la sauce au curry tout autour et présenter dessus les médaillons de lapin.

or.... in English

Roll the strips of bacon around the rabbit medallions fillets, and wrap with thread. Peel the cucumber, cut into sections 10 cm long (about 4 inches), then cut into thin strips. Remove the seeds with a vegetable peeler. Sear the medallions of rabbit three minutes on each side. Warm the cucumbers three minutes in melted butter.

For the sauce, puree with batter dipped apples peeled and grated with the broth of mashed banana and curry. Stir in cream and put together with some butter. Place the cucumber strips in the center of warmed plates, divide the curry sauce around and over the present medallions of rabbit.

3 comments:

  1. that does sound good.

    we were thinking of doing an evening of bacon-wrapping everything -- this would be a great addition. i recall that bacon-wrapped scallops was a potential dish.

    for dessert: bacon-wrapped dates.

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  2. Bumper sticker seen yesterday: bacon is meat candy.

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