Rabbit Burgers

My hunter has been carrying out a bit of pest control for a local organic farmer friend of ours lately, and each time he goes out he brings home a few of the good 'eaters'. Rabbit has to be one of the most versatile meats, anything you could do with chicken you can do even better with rabbit. It's juicer and tastier. This is one of my favourite rabbit recipes, SUPER fast, no mess, huge success.

One man's pest is another man's dinner...

Ingredients

2 whole rabbits (meat removed from the bone - about 500gm meat)

1 Egg

1/2 onion (white or red)

1 clove of garlic

The leaves from a sprig of rosemary about 10cm long

Salt & Pepper

Thai Style (omit rosemary)

Handful of fresh coriander

1 teaspoon of minced ginger

1 teaspoon of lemon-grass

A good 'glug' of sweet chilli

Juice of one lime

Truly the easiest burger patty recipe!

Put all the ingredients into the blender and pulse till combined.

Bingo  - rabbit mince!

The mince can be used for burger patties, or meatballs served as a nibble with a dipping sauce, try putting meatballs on kebab sticks and barbecuing for something different. Or even bake it as a meatloaf.

When my hunter brings home a bag of bunnies, I make a couple of batches of rabbit mince and put it in the freezer. It's a great thing to get out for BBQs. Guests are always surprised how much it tastes like chicken, but is so much more juicy! 

A wee tip, we always soak our rabbits overnight in salt water, it gets the gaminess out a bit.