Name: Rabbit With White Wine, Mashed Potatoes and Olives (Conejo De Las Compuertas)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 50 g smoked bacon, chopped; 100 g sun-dried tomatoes, soaked; 100 g leeks, sliced; Salt and pepper to taste; 1 local rabbit, boned; 1 egg white; Salt, pepper and grated nutmeg to taste; 150 g butter; 300 ml warm milk; 2 kg peeled potatoes; 3 leeks; 300 ml white wine; 1 onion; 2 carrots; 300 ml rabbit stock; 50 g stoned black olives; 2 celery sticks

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
2 hr 30

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Islands In A Common Sea

By Jenny Jefferies

Published 2024

About

The Durigutti brothers were born in Rivadavia, in the east of the Mendoza province, where an old village nearby was famous for its delicious rabbit, a fairly uncommon meat for Argentinians. Years later, once they’d settled down in Las Compuertas, they decided to revive the childhood memory from Rivadavia and include it on the menu at their winery restaurant, re-interpreting a village tradition with versatile ingredients sourced exclusively from the estate itself. Recipe made by Patr