Rabbit terrine


Rabbit terrine
This is a rather special rabbit terrine, with some of the meat added in larger morsels to the minced mixture before cooking.

These whole pieces of rabbit show when the terrine is sliced and add character, both in flavour and texture.
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Last modified on: April 8th 2018

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For 2 kg, you will need:

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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 20 min.
Rabbit terrine
Remove the rabbit meat from the bones with a small knife, keeping all the meat you can, plus the liver and kidneys.

set aside.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Rabbit terrine
Cut 150 g pork loin and 200 g belly (streaky) bacon into pieces.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Rabbit terrine
Prepare the onion and garlic for the marinade: Peel and chop 1 onion and 1 garlic clove.

Stage 4 - 12 hours
Rabbit terrine
Choose a large bowl and put all the meat into it with the chopped onion and garlic, 2 bayleaves, 1 sprig thyme and 1 sprig rosemary, then mix well.

Pour in 500 ml dry white wine and 50 ml Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac), cover with plastic film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or, better still, overnight.

Stage 5 - 2 min.
Rabbit terrine
Next day, drain the meat.

Stage 6 - 5 min.
Rabbit terrine
Keep about 1/3 of the rabbit meat, the better-looking pieces, and cut into morsels about the size of your thumbnail.

Set aside.

Stage 7 - 10 min.
Rabbit terrine
Mince all the rest of the meat with the garlic and onion, using the coarsest setting.

Stage 8 - 5 min.
Rabbit terrine
Mix the minced meat with the morsels of rabbit and 2 eggs.

Weigh this mixture and calculate the seasoning with the exact proportions of 20g salt and 2g pepper per kilo of meat mixture.

You can calculate seasoning with this small calculator:
Mix : grams

Stage 9 - 5 min.
Rabbit terrine
Add 2 pinches "Quatre-épices" spice blend, fine (or table) salt, pepper and 80 ml Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac) and mix well.

Yout terrine mixture is now ready to be cooked.

Stage 10 - 5 min.
Rabbit terrine
Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).

Pack the terrine mixture into dishes, making sure to dome the tops, as the terrine will sink a little when cooked.

If you wish, add a bayleaf from the marinade in the bottom of each dish before filling.

Stage 11 - 2 hours 30 min.
Rabbit terrine
Cook the terrines the oven, standing them in a bain-marie: a large tray filled with boiling water.

Leave to cook for a good 2 or 3 hours, half with the lid on, then uncovered for the remaining time.

Stage 12
Rabbit terrine
When cooked, take out of the oven and leave to cool before frigerating.

Do be patient - it's best to wait for several days to allow the terrine to develop its full flavour before eating.

You can fill any space that has appeared between the edge of teh terrine and its dish with a little jelly, but this is not essential.

Stage 13
Rabbit terrine

Nothing goes to waste

It's quite likely, if you are a beginner, that you will leave quite a lot of rabbit meat on the bones when preparing it, as mentioned above. Here's a way to get all that meat:

Put all the bones into a cooking bag, salt and pepper them, add a bayleaf, a sprig of thyme and a glass of the leftover marinade.

Stage 14
Rabbit terrine
Seal the bag, sit it in an ovenproof dish and cook in the oven at the same time as the terrine.

Stage 15
Rabbit terrine
Take the bag out of the oven after 1 hour, leave to cool and you will then be able to slip the meat easily from the bones, giving you lots of small pieces to add to a salad, pilau rice, or other recipe of your choice.
Remarks
If you are using salted bacon, do take care to reduce the amount of salt added: use only around 15 g per kilo of meat instead of 20 g.
Keeping
Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
3,570 Kcal or 14,947 Kj349 gr24 gr191 gr
178 %134 %2 %29 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
161 Kcal or 674 Kj16 gr1 gr9 gr
8 %6 %<1 %1 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, Egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 2 kg : 29.87 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Rabbit meatRabbit meat: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rabbit civet, Rabbit civet "à la normande", Rabbit with mustard, ... All
Dry white wineDry white wine: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rosemary steamed fish, Blanquette of veal, Quiche Bretonne, Turmeric risotto, Fish "à la Bordelaise", ... All
Belly (streaky) baconBelly (streaky) bacon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rillons de Tours, Winemaker's toast, Chicken club sandwich, Surf and turf club sandwich, Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", ... All
Pork loinPork loin: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), Pâté de campagne, ... All
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