Stuffed rabbit with Casera cheese and mushrooms on vegetable caponata 🐇🧀 | Refined and genuine recipe
An elegant and tasty main course, ideal for special occasions or a Sunday with family. The stuffed rabbit with porcini mushrooms and Casera DOP cheese, accompanied by a crunchy vegetable caponata, combines Valtellinese tradition with Mediterranean flavor. 🌿🍄
A flavorful and light preparation, fragrant with fresh herbs, that captivates at first bite. The final touch? A splash of white wine to enhance the delicacy of the meat. Serve it sliced, with the colorful caponata on the side: a dish beautiful to see and irresistible to taste! 🎨🍽️
🛒 Ingredients for 4 people
- 2 rabbit loins (about 500 g each), with the belly attached
- 150 g of porcini mushrooms already sautéed
- 200 g of Casera DOP, cut into 4 strips
- 1 zucchini
- 1 medium potato
- ½ red bell pepper and ½ yellow
- 1 small eggplant
- 20 g of minced onion
- Fresh chopped herbs (rosemary, thyme, sage)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 glass of dry white wine
👨🍳 Preparation
1. Prepare the stuffed rabbit
- Debone the rabbit loins, leaving the belly attached.
- Season with salt, pepper, and chopped herbs.
- Stuff with the porcini mushrooms and the strips of Casera cheese.
- Carefully roll each loin and tie with kitchen twine.
2. Prepare the vegetable caponata
- Dice the zucchini, potato, bell peppers, and eggplant.
- In a pan, heat the olive oil with the minced onion.
- Add the vegetables and sauté over high heat, keeping them crunchy.
- Adjust with salt and flavor with additional herbs to taste. Keep warm.
3. Cooking the rabbit
- In another pan, brown the stuffed rabbit in extra virgin olive oil.
- Deglaze with white wine and transfer to a baking dish.
- Cook in the oven static at 180°C for 10 minutes.
4. Plating
- Cut the rabbit into diamonds.
- Place the slices on each plate, accompanied by the hot caponata.
- Finish with a drizzle of raw oil and a few fresh aromatic leaves.
🍷 Pair the dish with a good glass of Valtellinese white wine to enhance every nuance!
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