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

Description

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