Rabbit, Beer Grains, White Carrot and Samphire

Name: Rabbit, Beer Grains, White Carrot and Samphire
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 250 g (9 oz) butter, softened; 1 bay leaf; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) white wine; pinch of salt; 3 thyme sprigs; 100 g (3½ oz) celery, chopped; 4 garlic cloves; 100 g (3½ oz) carrot, chopped; 225 g (8 oz) white onion, chopped; 50 g (1¾ oz) young almonds, peeled, blanched; 100 g (3½ oz) samphire; pinch bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 2.5 litres (87 fl oz/10 cups) chicken stock; 200 g (7 oz) white carrots, thinly sliced; 1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz) rabbit, deboned, bones reserved; 3 thyme stalks; 750 g (1 lb 10 oz) butter; 2 bay leaves; 100 g (3½ oz) cracked wheat; grapeseed oil, to fry beer grains

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Bistronomy

By Katrina Meynink

Published 2014

About

You will need to begin this recipe two days ahead.

Ingredients

100 g (3½ oz) cracked wheat
1.5 kg (3

Europe
France
Main course
Mediterranean

Method

To make beer grains, put the cracked wheat and 200 ml (7 fl oz) of hot water in a saucepan over low heat. Cook, maintaining a temperature of 70°C (150°F) for 1 hour, agitating the grains every 5 minutes. U