The baked rabbit is a great classic of Italian Sunday, tasty, lean and healthy, perfect for young and old. Its preparation is very simple, but the marinade will take long time without, however, engage you in elaborate recipes.
Baking instead will last an hour while the actual preparation is about half an hour.
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BAKED RABBIT
Instructions
Wash the rabbit (1) under tap water and then place it in a bowl (2) where you will pour the white wine (3) to marinate the meat. Leave it in the wine for about 2 hours.
While meat is marinating, take the potatoes and peel them (4) with a peeler, and then cut them into pieces (5) and put aside (6) on a cutting board.
Place the bacon on the chopping board and reduce it into cubes (7). Then pour three tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil (8) in a broad and non-stick pan to heat and once hot join the bacon to fry (9) for five minutes. Then remove from heat and place in a saucer apart.
After two hours for marinating the meat, take out the rabbit from the wine and let it drain a few minutes before putting it on the cutting board and start it to cut into small pieces (10). So leave it on the cutting board (11) and take a baking tray where you will pour five tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil (12), spreading it well over the whole base.
Now take the rabbit and place it on the baking tray (13) and then also add the pieces of potatoes (14). Then season with salt (15), both meat and potatoes.
Then sprinkle with white pepper (16), fresh ground, put on the meat also the rosemary (17) and bay leaves (18).
Finally also put parsley (19) and distributed the bacon cubes in the tray (20). Then pour over the meat also the white wine vinegar (21), so that during baking in the oven the rabbitdoes not dry.
Once the prepared baking tray with the meat (22), bake it (23) in a preheated oven at 180° C for about one hour. Once ready (24), serve immediately on the table piping hot.
Recipe Notes
The roast rabbit is a second traditional dish of Italian Sunday, perfect for all ages and definitely tasty. It's made with a simple and tasty recipe, with a long marinating to get a very soft.
