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Rabbit pie
Photo: Priscilla Du Preez

Rabbit pie

15 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Rabbit pie

Ideal for winter, rabbit really benefits from slow cooking to bring the meat to perfect tenderness

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

539
Calories
45g
Protein
32g
Fat
20g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Rabbit not in our table 0
Gin not in our table 0
Pastry not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 large rabbit , or 2 small, jointed (about 2kg in total)
  • 2 juniper berries , crushed
  • 2 tbsp gin
  • 1 lemon , zested
  • thyme sprigs, leaves only
  • olive oil
  • 150g smoked bacon or pancetta, cubed
  • 1 handful baby onions or shallots, peeled
  • 200g button mushrooms , quartered
  • 750ml chicken stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • ½ tsp black peppercorns
  • 300ml double cream
  • 375g puff pastry , rolled about 4mm thick and cut into 4 discs about 3cm wider than your dishes
  • 1 egg yolk , beaten

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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