Saturday, May 25, 2013

Malta - stuffat tal-fenek (Rabbit stew)


To Malta. Tossing up between rabbit stew and 'beef olives' (look them up) we decided on the rabbit because we've never cooked with rabbit previously.  To the butcher to buy a rabbit - we had the boys with us and I stopped myself just in time when I pointed to the whole rabbits and started to say "Look Tav, there's a rabbit like [your favourite toy] brown rabbit."

Chopped into chunks, marinated and then slow cooked for 3 hours, the results (although not photogenic) were deliciousness. Tender meat with an amazing rich tomato sauce. 

According to our research the sauce from Maltese stews are used as a pasta sauce for entree so that's how we started:




Followed up with the stew itself. 



Pro: always keen to eat different animal and the rabbit was very tasty. 
Con: small bones; annoying small mammals have a lot of tiny tiny bones. 

Next stop:  the recently formed country South Sudan. 


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