Rabbit with Bananas (Zimbabwe)
This combination sounds a bit strange but the sweetness of the froot really does compliment the rabbit. You can use chickin if you wants if you don’t like the fort of eatin’ yoa child’s pet but it doesn’t ‘ave the erffiness oa texture of rabbit.
Ingredienz
Imperial Metric
Free Cox’s appuls peeled, cored an’ sliced 3 Cox’s apples peeled, cored and sliced
One to too ounzes of butta 25/50grms of butter
Too an’ a quawtta paands of rabbit, jointid 1kg of rabbit, jointed
Too onions finely cut 2 onions finely cut
A pinch of mustard, graand ginja A pinch of mustard, ground ginger
A pinch of cinnamon, curry powda A pinch of cinnamon, curry powder.
A dash of brandy 25ml of brandy
Arf a pint of chickin stock 300ml of chicken stock
Five fluid ounzes of double creem 150ml of double cream
Too bananas 2 bananas
Sawlt an’ milled black peppa Salt and freshly milled black pepper
Foa the caramelised appul garnish
Foa ounzes of white shugga 100grms of white sugar
Too fluid ounzes of wautta 50ml of water
Too eatin’ appuls peeled, cored sliced 2 eating apples peeled, cored, sliced
Put the Cox’s in a pan wiv one ounz of butta, covva an’ cook until soft. Place to one side. To make the caramelised appul garnish: place the shugga an’ wautta in a ‘eavy duty pan an’ ‘eat to dissolve the shugga. Bring to the boil an’ continue to cook, wivout stirrin’, until the liquid caramelises. It is important not to let it burn like mi norvern bird does awl the time. Cut the appuls into eight slices an’ carefully dip ‘em into the mixture covverin’ each slice wiv the caramel; then place ‘em on wire tray to cool an’ set.
In a laarge fryin’ pan melt a wittle butta, place in the jointed rabbit an braan foa five minits. Lower the ‘eat add the onions an’ cook foa free minits. Stir in the spices foa anuvva free minits, poa on the brandy an’ flame. When the flames ‘ave settled daan add the chickin stock an’ appul puree, simma foa twenty minits until the sawse ‘as reduced an’ fickened. Stir in the creem, slice an’ add the bananas, season to taste. Serve the dish wiv the caramelised appul slices.
There is enuff foa foa people, so you could eva ‘ave yoa mate an’ his bird around an’ do swopsis arfta oa just watch ‘em ‘ave it.