Saturday, October 04, 2008

Wascilly Wabbit



The Third course for the "come to where fresh is" dinner came from a conversation with Carrie while channel surfing and stopping on the Cartoon Network. I can't help but think about watching Woody Wood Pecker and Bugs Bunny on the wall of my Mom's parents house on Reel to reel with no sound, just cartoons and their nemisis.

So, when I thought of this dish, I had Bugs Bunny on my mind and Elmer Fudd.

This is Rabbit Tenderloin wrapped in cabbage (rabbits eat cabbage), Bugs Bunny always had a carrot in his mouth....so, carrot reduction (painted on the plate), Potatoes cooked in carrot juice (fresh carrot juice), carrots cooked in carrot juice,........the Hassenpheffer was an issue.(Elmer Fudd always wanted to make it.)...it was pretty strong.
I took White, Black and Pink Peppercorns and pressure cooked them in Brandy, veal stock and cream then pureed it.
The finished dish got two dots of this puree.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

it wasnt elmer that wanted the hassenpfeffer.it was a king.I thought hassenpfeffer was a rabbit stew?

the chefs office said...

It's "rabbit pepper" and it is a stew, highly dosed with pepper.
I simply took it apart and combined it with other pepper oriented flavors, like Au Poivre which is usually served with a brandy cream sauce.