Farmers Foe Christmas FayreNo 5: Devilled Rabbit

Please do not read if :-

1) You do not have a sense of humour
2) Think all wild animals wear country gent costumes and talk to each other when we ‘humans’ aren’t watching
3) Are a vegetarian person

You will find it offensive.

Ok so it’s Christmas and a credit crunch one at that. In the next 12 blog entries, in fact each day leading up to Christmas I will give you an idea how you, the humble farmer, can control the vermin on your land and cook up a tasty dish… for free!! Please enjoy, share your own recipes of your ‘Farmers Foe Fayre’. Feel free to send in pictures of your finished dishes.

Farmers Foe Christmas Fayre No 5:


Rabbit:

Bane of many cereal farmers, rabbits dig holes in fields, hedges, walls and will graze large areas of fields to nothing if uncontrolled. They’re so bad myxamatosis was developed in the 1950’s to control them, but unfortunately they’re getting resistant to that now and are back up to 1950’s population numbers.

Time to strike back, here’s a recipe from Craig Farm Organics.

Devilled Rabbit (Serves 4)

Ingredients :

I rabbit washed in water with a little vinegar then diced
4 oz fat bacon, finely chopped
I large onion finely chopped
8 oz mixed carrots, leeks and turnips, diced
5 tbsp flour
1/4 Pt milk
1 pt water
1 tsp Worcester sauce
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
garnish- finely chopped parsley

Method :

Sauté the bacon in a large saucepan with the onion, carrots, turnips, rabbit, curry powder and Worcester sauce for 2 or 3 minutes. Add the water and bring to the boil. Season with salt and pepper and reduce the heat to low. Simmer, covered, until the rabbit is tender about 1 1/2 hours. Blend the milk and flour in a small bowl, stirring continuously, and cook until the sauce is smooth and thick. Add more salt and pepper if necessary, and serve at once, garnishing with parsley.

Disclaimer

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We take no responsibility what so ever for indigestion or law suits which may arise if you do not take heed!!!

Bon appétit