Rabbit Seasoning
Whether you are a connoisseur of gourmet meats or just an ordinery person who likes his food to taste really good and to whom eating must always be a delight of senses – of all senses – you will always appreciate a tender loin chop or a steak, poultry or fish. The truth , unfortunately, is that the best and tastiest meat is the meat that has the most fat as the flavour, most of it, comes from the fat, actually. A healthy alternative is represented by rabbit meat, which is an extremely lean, low fat, white meat; rabbit meat is ideal for those watching their cholesterol intake. The flesh is tender, finely grained, and of a bright pearly pink colour.
Rabbit can be cooked in various ways including boiling, broiling, braising, frying, baking, grilling and barbecuing. In any type of cooking rabbit, however, seasoning the rabbit is critical. Actually not just rabbit seasoning is necessarybut any other meat needs to undergo seasoning. To get a real taste for cooking with rabbit, you need to try at least some of the delicious recipes that othe people have tried and shared with you in books or on websites. No matter whether you are a chef or you just cook for your your family, you need to know and use rabbit seasoning when you prepare rabbit meat.
Even the easiest recipe or way of cooking rabbit, involves rabbit seasoning, be it a rub with olive oil or a sprinkle of a mixture of your favorite herbs and condiments. Rabbit seasoning involves, therefore, rubbing, chopping, sprinkling and sometimes marinating the meat. In rabbit seasoning, you may use a very wide range of condiments and herbs, or spices in order to enhance the flavor of the rabbit meat. When rabbit seasoning is under discussion, you should know that rabbit goes very well with butter, vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, sugar and honey. Other possible ingredients for rabbit seasoning can be shrimp paste, fish sauce, coriander, chili or lemon-grass.
Other plants/herbs that go with the rabbit, and are part of the rabbit seasoning are parsley, sage, basil, fennel, bay leaves, mustard, spinach, onion, garlic, celery, carrots, tomatoes, all salad leaves, capsicum, cos and radicchio; olives, capers and anchovies could also be part of rabbit seasoning. If you consider that a suitable drink enhances the flavor of a food and enriches it, then you should also consider both red and white wine as ingredients for rabbit seasoning. Besides the wine’s effect on the flavor of the rabbit, you should keep in mind that it also tenderizes the meat.