Roast Rabbit with Bacon and Juniper Berries
5 hours 10 minutes
Rabbit cooked with juniper berries and thyme in a French-style dish. You can also make this dish using chicken thighs.
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 1 rabbit, jointed (or 500g chicken thighs)
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 12 Herbie's Spices Juniper Berries
- 8 rashers bacon
- 2 teaspoons Herbie's Spices Thyme Leaves, Rubbed
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:1hour ›
Extra time:4hours marinating ›
Ready in:5hours10min
- Put rabbit or chicken into a dish with oil and berries and marinate 3-4 hours.
- Heat oven to 180 degrees C. Remove joints from marinade.
- Lay the bacon rashers singly and place a piece of rabbit or chicken on each one, sprinkle with thyme, garlic and freshly-ground black pepper, and wrap bacon around.
- Pour the tomatoes into an ovenproof dish, place the parcels in a single layer and pour the marinade over.
- Roast in the oven for 45-60 minutes, basting once or twice. Cooking time will depend on your oven.
Additional Tips
Buy farmed rabbit, not wild, as it's more tender.
