Rabbit Stewed In Tomato Sauce And Sherry

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 rabbit, cut up
• 1 cup vinegar
• water, to cover
• salt
• black pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 5 scallions, chopped
• 1 green pepper, seeded and sliced
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• basil
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1 cup sherry wine

Recipe

• 1 put rabbit and vinegar in a dish with enough water to cover.
• 2 marinate in the refrigerator for at least one hour, or up to overnight.
• 3 discard water and vinegar, and dry rabbit pieces.
• 4 sprinkle meat with salt and pepper.
• 5 heat butter and oil in a large skillet over high heat.
• 6 brown meat on all sides.
• 7 reduce heat to low.
• 8 place the garlic, scallions, green pepper and celery on top of the rabbit pieces.
• 9 sprinkle with basil.
• 10 cover and simmer for a few minutes.
• 11 combine tomato sauce and sherry.
• 12 add sherry mixture to pan.
• 13 cover and simmer for at least an hour.
• 14 if sauce becomes too thick, add a little water.