Brick Oven Rabbit

Posted By Newfie2007.

Ingredients.

1 Rabbit Cut Up
1/2 Cup Red Wine
4 Tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
Olive Oil
Flour, Salt and Pepper
3 Celery Stalks Sliced
3 Carrots Peeled and Sliced
2 Bay Leaves
4 - 8 Cloves of Garlic
2 Tbsp of Tomato paste dissolved in 1 & 1/4 cups of water.
2 Sprigs Rosemary
4 Allspice Cloves
1 Cinnamon Stick
1 Bag of Pearl Onions
2 Tbsp Brown Sugar

Directions.

Marinate rabbit 4 hours in about 1cup of red wine mixed with 4 tbsp of red wine vinegar and 2 crushed bay leaves.
Place 1/2 cup of flour in a grocery bag, add salt and pepper. Remove rabbit from marinade ( SAVE THE MARINADE) and dry. Place in grocery bag and shake to coat with flour.
Wet bottom of a frying pan with 3-4 tbsp olive oil and fry rabbit over as high a heat as you can. Remove and place in ovenproof dish.
Add celery and carrots to pan, and fry about 5 minutes. Add garlic and fry 1-2 minutes. Add some salt and pepper. Pou onto rabbit. Add the reserved marinade. Put in hot oven uncovered for about 5-10 minutes.

Remove from oven, add tomato paste, allspice, cinnamon and rosemary; cover tightly with tin foil and return to oven for about 1 hour to 90 minutes.

Peel onions. Add some more olive oil to pan and fry onions brown. Add brown sugar and cook a little more to glaze them.

About 10 minutes before you eat, remove foil from dish and add onions to the top. Continue cooking for 10 minutes.