Rabbit Normandy Style

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 rabbit, cut in serving portions
• flour (for dredging)
• 3 small onions, chopped
• 2 (1 liter) bottles hard apple cider
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 carrots, chopped roughly
• 6 new potatoes
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3 apples, peeled, cored and sliced

Recipe

• 1 dredge the rabbit pieces in the flour. heat the oil in a soup kettle. add the pieces of rabbit and the onions and brown in the oil turning as needed for about 20 minutes on a low flame. add the cider, turning the fir up momentarily. using a wooden spoon scrape up the brown bits at the bottom of the pot. when the cider boils, add the potatoes and the carrots. turn down the fire to a simmer, cover and cook one-half hour. remove the cover and add the apples and cook another half-hour. at this point, boil rapidly until the liquid in the pot is about 2 cups. make a slurry of two tablespoons of cold water and the cornstarch and add it and the parsley to the pot, cooking until the sauce is thick enough to coat a spoon. plate the rabbit and vegetables and spoon the sauce over them.