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By Jamie's Italian
Rabbit ragu
White wine, mascarpone & crisp pangrattato
4 hrs 50 mins
Not Too Tricky
serves 6
About the recipe
Prosciutto fat is easy to come by at Jamie’s Italian, but if you can’t get any from your friendly Italian deli owner use extra pork fat instead.
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Ingredients
35g pancetta
2 stalks of celery
1 small leek
1 carrot
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
½ a bunch of fresh parsley
30g pork fat
35g prosciutto fat
1 x 700g wild rabbit, deboned and diced (about 450g meat)
1 fresh bay leaf
½ a small bunch of fresh sage
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
90ml white wine
1 fresh red chilli
500ml organic vegetable stock
500g tagliolini
4 tablespoons mascarpone cheese
1 lemon
20g butter
40g Parmesan cheese
PANGRATTATO
olive oil
1 clove of garlic
50g breadcrumbs
Method
- Preheat the oven to 120ºC/gas ½.
- Dice the pancetta, then trim and finely chop the celery, leek and carrot. Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic, then pick and finely chop the parsley leaves.
- Chop and melt the fats in a casserole pan over a low heat. Add the rabbit and pancetta and cook over a medium heat for 5 to 8 minutes, or until golden.
- Add the veg, garlic, parsley and bay and cook gently for 5 minutes, or until soft.
- Pick and chop the sage and rosemary leaves, then add to the pan with the wine and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the wine is reduced by half.
- Finely chop and stir in the chilli, pour in the stock, and season. Cook, covered, in the oven for 3 to 4 hours.
- When ready to eat, cook the pasta according to the packet instructions.
- Meanwhile, gently bring the ragù to the boil on the hob, then remove from the heat and keep warm.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan. Peel and smash the garlic, then add to the pan and fry until golden. Add the breadcrumbs and season, then fry over a high heat, tossing regularly, until golden and crunchy.
- Drain and add the pasta to the ragù along with the mascarpone, lemon juice and butter, and season. Stir well so every pasta strand is coated and let sit for 1 minute to allow the pasta to absorb the sauce.
- Divide between plates and serve with grated Parmesan, pangrattato and lemon zest.
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