Rabbit sausage

canadianwildman · Post by **canadianwildman** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 17:25

Hello everyone, happy New Years!!!
It's been awhile, I've got an abundance of wild rabbit in the freezer...Mmmmm
Anyone here ever made rabbit sausage before?? Just interested in getting feedback and ideas from all the talented folks here. When I make my fresh rabbit sausage I will post the recipe.
I know rabbit being such a lean meat, I will for sure need to add 25%-30% pork back fat.

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 17:30

We have one recipe here: http://www.wedlinydomowe.com/sausage-re ... it-sausage. Some of those jack rabbits and snowshoe hares are pretty big.

canadianwildman · Post by **canadianwildman** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 17:46

Right on, thanks much Ross!!:-) it sounds great, I think I'm going to have to try that one.
Our snowshoe hares do get big which makes them prime candidates for sausagification lol!!
I was just chatting with my hunting partner and we are going with a fresh sausage this round.
We are doing a French crepinette, wrapped in some caul fat I saved from a deer I shot last fall. (I throw nothing usable out, I'm a cheap cook as well haha!!)
Going to flavour the crepinettes with fresh garlic, tarragon, thyme, white pepper, allspice and some white wine. I will post the recipe here with photos after we make it:-)

Al the cheap chef

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 17:55

It is as good a starting point as any. you are welcome.

JerBear · Post by **JerBear** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 19:46

There's lots of other tasty things that you can do such as rabbit confit, rillets and maybe even rabbit terrine (which would be my choice).

crustyo44 · Post by **crustyo44** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 20:57

Rabbit terrine brings back fond memories of my mother making it. We used home reared Rabbits called Flemish Giants. You could nearly put a saddle on them, they were that big.
Cheers,
Jan.

canadianwildman · Post by **canadianwildman** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 00:40

Thanks Jerbear & Crustyo, I have enough rabbit to try all those ideas & think I will over the winter, as my friend and I are regularly out snaring and hunting:-) I've done pâté w rabbits & Justin has done confit before, but have yet to try rilettes. We're both pumped to try those!!

JerBear · Post by **JerBear** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 17:26

Canadianwildman, keep me posted, I'd love to hear how it goes.

Crusty044 - I have dreams of owning a Flemish Giant one day. I hear that they're to the best choice for food rabbits because they have such a poor caloric conversion rate.

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 17:52

The rabbits we have here are the little cottontails and not so many of those. Too many foxes and feral cats.

JerBear · Post by **JerBear** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 18:00

The small fast ones live and the big, slow, fat ones are dinner for the furry carnivores

canadianwildman · Post by **canadianwildman** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 18:02

Crusty044, I was fortunate enough to buy a few of those Flemish giants, they are massive bunnies for sure!! They are great eating as well, but I'm unable to obtain any as of late.
Haha I remember making some stew with half of one, and my friend's brother actually said there was too much meat in the stew!!

SSorllih, we've got a few cottontails around Thunder Bay as well, not much chicken on them bones

canadianwildman · Post by **canadianwildman** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 18:38

Circle of life eh Jerbear