Rabbit Stew with Preserved Pears with Ginger
Ingredients
- 3 large shallots, halved
- 2 garlic cloves, halved
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cups dry white wine
- 1 or 2 fryer rabbits (4 pounds total dressed weight), fresh or frozen; all parts of 1 rabbit or 2 pair hindquarters and saddles cut up for stewing
- ⅓ cup rendered duck or goose fat
- 5 ounces lean salt pork, blanched in water for 5 minutes, rinsed, and cut into 1-inch cubes
- ½ teaspoon Herbes de la Garrigue (page80) or herbes de Provence
- Coarse kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- Scant ½ cup Dijon mustard
- 3 onions (about ¾ pound), thinly sliced
- 2 egg yolks
- Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh chives
- Preserved Pears With Ginger (pages 218–219)
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¾ cup dry white wine
- 1 cup unsalted chicken stock (storebought or homemade—page 405)
- 3 large Bosc pears (about 1½ pounds)
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
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