Belgian Rabbit in Wine

===Description===
This great Belgian Rabbit recipe will make 6 to 8 people very happy !
Good cooking skills required to bring this dish to its fullest potential !
Enjoy !
===Ingredients===
* 2x Rabbits - (2 1/2 lbs ea) or 1 hare cut serving pieces
* Rabbit livers
* 2 lrg	onions
* 1x bay leaf
* 2 1/2 cup Red Burgundy wine
* 1 tbl	Red-wine vinegar
* Juice of 1 lemon
* 1 pch	Dried thyme
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 1/4 tsp Freshly-ground black pepper
* 5 1/2	tbl butter
* 1x Tart Apple peeled, cored, and chopped
* 2x Shallots minced
* 2 cup	beef broth
* 2tsp	cornstarch dissolved in
* 1 tbl	water
* 1 tsp	Kitchen Bouquet
===Directions===
* Slice 1 Onion thin and break into rings. 
* Put Onion rings, rabbit, and bay leaf in a shallow bowl. 
* Pour on a mixture of wine, vinegar, lemon juice, thyme, salt, and pepper. 
* Cover and refrigerate for 24 to 36 hours; less time for young rabbits. 
* Drain rabbit. 
* Reserve marinade and Onion rings but discard bay leaf. 
* Chop livers and saute in 2 tablespoons of the butter. 
* Chop remaining Onion and add with Apple to livers. 
* Saute until Onion is soft. 
* Add 1 cup of the reserved marinade and simmer, covered, for 1 hour. 
* Melt remaining butter and brown rabbit well on all sides. 
* Add shallots, reserved Onion rings, rest of marinade, and beef broth. 
* Simmer, covered, for about 1 hour, or until tender. 
* Remove rabbit and keep warm. Puree liver mixture in a blender. 
* Stir liver puree, constarch mix, and Kitchen Bouquet into pan liquid. 
* Cook, stirring, until smooth and thickened. 
* Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes more. 
* Serve the sauce with the rabbit.
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===See Also===
Category: Belgian Meat Dishes
Category: Meat Dishes
Category: Recipes
Category:Belgian Recipes
category:Lemon Recipes
Category:Bay Leaf Recipes
Category:thyme Recipes
category:Kitchen Bouquet Recipes
category:pepper Recipes
category:wine vinegar Recipes
category:lemon juice Recipes
category:cornstarch Recipes
category:beef broth Recipes
category:bay leaf Recipes
category:vinegar Recipes
category:butter Recipes
category:lemon Recipes
category:thyme Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:Onion Recipes
category:salt Recipes
category:Burgundy wine Recipes
category:Apple Recipes