Do you have a favorite rabbit terrine recipe?

This is a pate' rather than a terrine, but it may serve your purposes. Although the recipe doesn't call for it, a handful of pistachios tossed into the mix adds a bit of extra oomph:

Rabbit Pate'

2 1/2 pound rabbit with its liver
1 med onion, quartered
1 garlic clove, chopped
3/4 lb ground veal
1 lb ground pork
3/4 cup dry red wine
1/4 cup Cognac
2 3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tsp thyme
2 tbls chopped parsley
1 tbls olive oil
2 eggs
1/4 cup flour
3/4 lb sliced bacon
1 bay leaf
4 parsley sprigs

Remove all possible meat from rabbit, cutting and scraping with a sharp knife. Lightly saute the liver in butter, chop, and add to the meat. Total should be 2 cups. Put the rabbit, onion and garlic through meat grinder. Mix with the veal and pork in a large mixing bowl.

In another bowl mix the wine, Cognac, salt, peper, thyme, parsley and oil. Add to meat mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

(Salt proportion is 1/4 tsp per quarter pound of meat.)

Beat eggs in a small bowl and mix in flour to make a smooth paste. Add to meat mixture and combine thoroughly. If mixture seems very dry add a bit more wine.

Line an 8 cup loaf pan with bacon slices and pack in the meat mixture. Cover with bacon slices and put the bay leaf and parsley spring on top. Seal pan with foil and place in a shallow pan, with hot water halfway up the side of the loaf pan. Bake at 325F for 2 1/2 hours.

Let cool and refrigerate overnight or longer. Unmold and serve in 1/2 inch slices.

>I owe you one.<

Better you should owe me than do me out. :lol:

Hope the recipe works out for you. I've also, btw, used the same basic recipe with duck, and it was terrific.

>I've relatives near Lexington<

Where near? We're about 25 miles south.

This recipe is the one my grandmother used to make. This was made once a year and was served with a waldorf salad to enhance the earthy tone flavors. For dessert, it was always blackberry and apple cobbler served hot with ice cream. The following recipe was found at the site below, simple, tried and tested, just terrific.

This year my mom served lingonberry sauce, it was just so tasty.

recipes.recipeland.com/recipes/recipe/show/?old_id=19084

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