Rabbit and squirrel

[Mike Steckelberg]

Anyone have any good rabbit or squirrel recipes?

[motley man]

Very easy - Brown on sides and put in crock or dutch oven - put potatoes, carrots, onion around edge and pour in wine to cover all - simmer four approx: 4 hours or until meat falls off bone - use sauce for gravy over potatoes - Also works great for ducks

[Mike Steckelberg]

any kind of wine in particular?

[buddha]

Both of those critters work well with motley's recipie. I have made squirrel gumbo and that is awesome. Just search and find any good gumbo recipe and sub squirrel for any of the meat. The tree rat can be a little tough but the long cooking time of the gumbo really helps. Rabbit falls apart too easy but still works for gumbo too.

[MNHuntress]

Well if these were my bunnies,I'd make Hasenpfeffer, which means rabbit stew in German. Boy is it nummy! Do a search on Hasenpfeffer recipes and give it a try. I've also done sauerbraten with rabbit for a big wild game feed, that was also a hit.

[Chef]

Mike, typically you'd want to use a dry hearty red wine with both of these meats.

Syrah, Cabernet, Merlot, Petit Syrah, Zinfandel (Not White Zin).