Fried Rabbit And Gravy

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 young rabbits
• 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup lard
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• salt

Recipe

• 1 wash rabbit and thoroughly disjoint.
• 2 combine yolks and buttermilk, gradually add 3/4 cup of the flour, cornmeal, and salt.
• 3 beat until smooth.
• 4 heat lard in a frying pan to 360 degrees.
• 5 dip rabbit in batter and fry in lard, 7 minutes on each side.
• 6 reduce heat to 275 degrees and cook, turning frequently, until rabbit is tender, about 30 more minutes.
• 7 remove rabbit and drain on brown paper.
• 8 pour off all but 2 teaspoons of lard in pan.
• 9 over medium heat slowly stir remaining 1/4 cup of flour into lard, scraping up pieces of crust from bottom of pan.
• 10 when smooth, gradually stir in milk.
• 11 bring to a boil and cook, stirring constantly, until gravy is smooth and thickened, about 3 minutes.
• 12 add a little more milk if gravy seems too thick.
• 13 remove from heat, add pepper, then salt to taste.
• 14 serve with rabbit.