Rabbit with red sauce from Zakynthos

Source : Leave The Rabbit To Marinate Overnight Or At Least For 4 Hours In The Marinade Drain The Rabbit In A Strainer So That All The Liquids From The Marinade ...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : September 19, 2026

Step:

  1. Leave the rabbit to marinate overnight or at least for 4 hours in the marinade.

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  2. Drain the rabbit in a strainer so that all the liquids from the marinade are gone

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  3. And fry it in olive oil until it gets golden brown on all sides.

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  4. Put the fried pieces in a wide and shallow pot so that they are arranged one next to the other and chop the garlic and onion over the rabbit.

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  5. Put the pot on the stove and pour the oil that you fried the rabbit in over the meat, after you have passed it through a sieve, or if you want the dish to be light add 1 cup of fresh oil.

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  6. Sauté with the onion and garlic taking care not to burn them and pour the wine over the rabbit.

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  7. Let the alcohol evaporate and add the herbs and the tomato paste, diluted in a glass of water.

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  8. Lower the heat and let it simmer for about 1 hour, until the rabbit is tender.

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  9. If necessary, add a little bit of water during simmering but little by little so that the sauce is not watered down.

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  10. Remove from heat and cut chunks of the ladotyri over the meat, by hand, don't use a grater and season with a little bit of oregano!

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  11. Leave the lid on so that the cheese melts and the rabbit has more flavor, while you prepare what you will accompany it with.

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Ingredients

  1. 1 rabbit
  2. For the marinade
  3. 2 cups good quality vinegar or red wine 
  4. 5-6 bay leaves 
  5. coarse salt 
  6. freshly ground pepper 
  7. 1 cinammon stick 
  8. For cooking
  9. 1/2 cup wine 
  10. 5 cloves garlic 
  11. 1 small dry onion
  12. 2-3 bay leaves 
  13. 1 cinammon stick
  14. 5-6 cloves 
  15. 1 tbsp (full) tomato paste
  16. 2 cups oil
  17. 1 piece grated ladotyri (cheese preserved in olive oil) 
  18. oregano, as much as you like 

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