Flemish-Style Rabbit

The beer in this recipe hints at its country of origin, Belgium. The prunes counteract any bitterness from the beer, while the bacon adds the necessary fat to keep the rabbit moist. The combination is delicious.

This is one of the first rabbit dishes I ever cooked for company and it is a good way to introduce timid guests to rabbit. Buy the slab (side) bacon, rather than sliced, so that you can dice it yourself. Rabbit doesn’t taste like chicken, it tastes like rabbit, but this reci