Sunday Supper: Rabbit Ragu with Potato Gnocchi

Name: Sunday Supper: Rabbit Ragu with Potato Gnocchi
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 907 grams large baking potatoes (about; 794 grams whole stewed tomatoes; 1 large carrot, grated on the large side of a box grater; 1 rib celery, finely chopped; 355 milliliters chicken stock; 2 eggs, beaten; 118 milliliters flour; 1 large clove garlic, minced; 4 servings Gnocchi; 4 servings olive oil; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 59 milliliters grated parmesan cheese; 0 teaspoons cracked black pepper; 907 grams rabbit, cut into 6 pieces; 118 milliliters red wine; 0 teaspoons salt; 4 servings salt and pepper

The recipe Sunday Supper: Rabbit Ragu with Potato Gnocchi could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in about 2 hours. One serving contains 818 calories, 67g of protein, and 25g of fat. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 42% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A couple people really liked this main course. Head to the store and pick up chicken stock, rabbit, cracked pepper, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the flour you could follow this main course with the Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425°. Wash potatoes and pierce all over with a fork.

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Potato

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Oven

Bake in oven until soft, about 30 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from oven and allow to cool. Reduce oven temperature to 325°.

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Oven

Season rabbit pieces with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Rabbit Meat

Heat a large braising dish with a lid over medium high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Sear rabbit pieces until brown on all sides, about 6 minutes.

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Rabbit Meat

Olive Oil

Remove from pan and reserve.

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Frying Pan

Add another drizzle of olive oil and add onion, stirring to loosen bits from bottom on pan. Cook until soft and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add carrot, celery and garlic and cook until fragrant.

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Carrot

Celery

Garlic

Pour chicken stock, then can of tomatoes over vegetables.

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Chicken Stock

Vegetable

Tomato

Add rabbit pieces and half cup of red wine. Cover with lid and place in oven until rabbit is fully cooked, about an hour.

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Rabbit Meat

Red Wine

Whole Rabbit

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Oven

Once potato is cool enough to handle, split in half and remove flesh. Run potato flesh through the large holes of a box grater; there should be about 2 cups. Make a mound with grated potato with a well in the center.

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Potato

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Box Grater

Add the eggs, grated Parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper. Using a fork, begin to mix egg with potato until a wet dough is formed.

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Grated Parmesan Cheese

Pepper

Potato

Dough

Egg

Salt

Add flour, sprinkling 1/4 cup at a time, to make a soft dough. Depending on how moist your potatoes were, the amount of flour you need will vary (here's a gnocchi tutorial).

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Potato

Gnocchi

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Once dough is formed, divide into 8 even pieces and roll into a log about 1/2 inch thick.

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Dough

Roll

Cut log into 1/2 inch pieces and, using the back of a fork, form gnocchi. When ragu is ready, boil gnocchi in salted water until they float, about 3 minutes.

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Gnocchi

Water