Recipe: Young Rabbit Antibois Style

The evening before.

1- Remove the germ from the garlic cloves then slice them finely.

2- In a dish arrange your rabbit legs, season with salt and freshly ground pepper, then on each leg place 2 garlic petals and wrap them in the bacon strip.

3- Cover with a spoonful of olive oil, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
The next morning.

4- Preheat your oven to 180°(th6).

5- In a Dutch oven place 2 tablespoons of olive oil, when it is hot add your onions, let them color for 2 minutes then add the tomatoes, the savory and marjoram, the degermed and chopped garlic clove. Salt and pepper and let cook covered gently for 15 minutes.

6- Then place the rabbit legs in the Dutch oven covering them with this tomato sauce, bring back to a boil then place in the oven at 180°(th 6) for 1 hour 30 minutes.

7- Then remove carefully with a skimmer your packages (rabbit).
Arrange in pretty plates, the rabbit package in the center topped with its little onion, the tomato-based garnish around it and on each package a small plume of savory (or thyme).
As a side serve some macaroni seasoned with a hint of garlic and olive oil topped with the chopped greens of the spring onions or scorzonera or salsify cut lengthwise blanched and sautéed and you will then be very close to paradise...