====== Rabbit Stew ======

This recipe is from Charlie at [[http://how-to-hunt-rabbit.com/|how-to-hunt-rabbit.com]].

A hearty and healthy winter warmer that makes for great comfort food all year round.

===== Ingredients =====
  * 700gs of rabbit meat  
  * 2 carrots 
  * 1 stick of celery
  * 1 onion 
  * 1 bay leaf
  * 200ml of your favourite ale
  * 900ml vegetable or meat stock
  * half a clove of garlic 
  * 3 rashers of Smokey bacon
  * About a pint of gravy, this can be homemade or the add boiling water kind 

===== Method =====
Cut the rabbit meat into good sized chunks. If you cant cut rabbit from the bone ask your butcher, any good butcher would do it for you in less then 2 minutes.

Cut up the carrots and celery into similar sized chunks.

Cut the onion into good sized lumps.

Cut the bacon into small squares, a bit like pancetta. You might find this easier with a pair of scissors.

Take half the carrots and half of the onion and fry it in a little oil.

Once the veg starts to turn soft and the oil is nice and warm add your ale and add about 3 quarters of your stock; then stir.

Next add flour until the gravy reaches a nice thickness, if you make it too thick you can add some of your left over stock to even it out.

Use a strainer over to strain the gravy into a jug. Press on the veg with your spoon to get all the goodness from it. And that’s your gravy!