Directions
The roasted rabbit with olives is a great classic of Italian cuisine, particularly Ligurian cuisine, where we find many themed recipes.
There are no precautions to prepare a good roast, apart from the raw material: the rabbit must be “free-range.”
Otherwise, it is useless. You risk wasting a lot of time on nothing and finding yourself with a dull dish.
Another trick is to let the rabbit cook, for the first 10 minutes, with vinegar or beer or wine to remove that wild flavor typical of our friend Roger Rabbit.
Ingredients for making the Rabbit Stew with Olives and Rosemary
4 servings
- 1 rabbit, gutted and washed, without the head
- 150 grams of black olives
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 sprig of rosemary
- 1 sprig of thyme
- 30 grams of extra virgin olive oil
- 1 bottle of beer
- 120 grams of meat broth
How to prepare Rabbit Stew with Olives and Rosemary
Wash the rabbit with warm water and then massage it with a marinade of oil, salt, pepper, and a drop of beer.
A thick-bottomed pan, including terracotta or cast iron, is essential for cooking.
Put the rabbit in the pot and cook it for ten minutes, soaking it with beer and vinegar until it takes on a nice golden brown color. Throw away the beer and rinse the meat.
Chop the garlic finely and put it to brown in olive oil. After 3 minutes, add the rabbit, raise the heat, add a glass of beer, simmer and lower the heat.
Add the chopped rosemary and thyme, broth, beer, and olives, cover with the lid and cook for at least 50 minutes.
Add beer or broth if it gets too dry.
After 45-50 minutes, check with a fork: if it’s soft, you can serve it.
Which beer to pair with Rabbit Stew with Olives and Rosemary?
The same beer you used to cook. To enhance the particular flavor of rabbit meat and not leave Liguria, we recommend the Amber Ale from the legendary Maltus Faber brewery, where sweet, bitter, and spicy flavors are lost in a delicious foam.
Which wine to pair?
If you want to replace the wine in the recipe, choose a savory and intriguing white wine with Pecorino from the San Lazzaro winery. Champagne, Franciacorta, and Oltrepò Pavese are excellent if you want to combine a rocky sparkling wine capable of taming the particular taste of rabbit meat.
If you want to combine a cocktail, the Spritz with beer is the perfect drink.
