Elizabethan Rabbit - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 sprig parsley
1 sprig thyme
1 bay leaf
1 rabbit, cut up
flour, for dusting
1/4 cup dripping (or lard)
3 jerusalem artichokes, sliced
2 onions, minced
2 carrots, diced
3/4 cup sliced mushrooms
1 1/4 cups red wine
2 apples, peeled and chopped
1/3 cup raisins
1/2 orange, juice of
1/2 orange, zest of, grated
2/3 cup chicken stock
salt and pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Tie parsley, thyme and bay leaf together to make a bouquet garni.
Dust the rabbit pieces with flour.
Heat the drippings or lard in a Dutch oven.
Brown rabbit.
Remove and set aside.
Add artichokes, carrots, onions and muchrooms and cook a few minutes.
Pour in wine and cook a few minutes, until slightly reduced.
Return rabbit to pot.
Add bouquet garni and all remaining ingredients.
Place in oven and cook for 2 hours.