1 rabbit 1500 g – 3 lb
2 big onions, coarsly chopped
500 g – 1 lb sour cherries
1/2 bottle – or more – Belgian cherry beer (Kriek)
1 generous tablespoon lard
1 generous tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons eau de vie (Jenever, Geni?vre)
nutmeg
salt and pepper

Cut the rabbit into serving pieces and season with salt and pepper.

Heat the lard in a casserole and fry the onions until golden. Add the rabbit and brown it at all sides. Sprinkle the flour over the rabbit. Mix well and pour the beer over it – the meat should be covered. Add the brown sugar and a pinch of nutmeg. Cover the casserole and let the rabbit simmer for 1 hour.

In the meantime, remove the stones from the cherries and add them to the rabbit 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time.

Season to taste and add the eau de vie. Serve with baked potatoes.

Makes 4 servings.
Source: my collection

2 rabbits – (2 1/2 lbs ea) or 1 hare; cut into serving pieces
Rabbit livers
2 large onions
1 bay leaf
2 1/2 cups red Burgundy wine
1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar
Juice of 1 lemon
1 pinch dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
5 1/2 tablespoons butter
1 tart apple; peeled, cored and chopped
2 shallots; minced
2 cups beef broth
2 teaspoons cornstarch; dissolved in 1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon Kitchen Bouquet

Slice 1 onion thin and break into rings. Put onion rings, rabbit, and bay leaf in a shallow bowl. Pour on a mixture of wine, vinegar, lemon juice, thyme, salt, and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for 24 to 36 hours; less time for young rabbits.

Drain rabbit. Reserve marinade and onion rings but discard bay leaf. Chop livers and saute in 2 tablespoons of the butter. Chop remaining onion and add with apple to livers. Saute until onion is soft. Add 1 cup of the reserved marinade and simmer, covered, for 1 hour.

Melt remaining butter and brown rabbit well on all sides. Add shallots, reserved onion rings, rest of marinade, and beef broth. Simmer, covered, for about 1 hour, or until tender. Remove rabbit and keep warm.

Puree liver mixture in a blender. Stir liver puree, constarch mix, and Kitchen Bouquet into pan liquid. Cook, stirring, until smooth and thickened. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes more. Serve the sauce with the rabbit.

This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.

Source: THE HUNTER’S GAME COOKBOOK by Jacqueline E. Knight (c) 1978 Published by Winchester Press, New York