Virginia Rabbits

Virginia rabbits is your one-stop website for rabbits in Virginia.

We regularly have New Zealands, Flemish Giants, hot tots, cotton tails, Polish, and Netherland Dwarfs available for the pet, meat, fur, and wholesale markets. Ask us about other breeds.

We have locations in Central Virginia and the Tidewater area. For commercial orders, delivery is available.

Custom cages also available.

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Hasenpfeffer Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups red wine
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup white vinegar
  • 1 T. lemon juice
  • peppercorns 
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon thyme
  • 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
  • 1/2 teaspoon marjoram leaves
  • 1 cup celery leaves
  • 1 whole rabbit cut up (5 -6 lbs)
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 1 cup fresh mushrooms
  • 4 slices bacon, cut into pieces
  • 3 T. butter
  • 2 t. salt
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup sour cream

 

Directions:

  1.  Mix first 10 ingredients together to make a marinade.
  2. Add rabbit pieces and store in refrigerator for 6 hours to 2 days.
  3. After rabbit has marinated, in a large pot, cook onions, mushrooms and bacon until onions are soft. Remove from pan and set aside.
  4. Add butter to pan.
  5. Remove rabbit from marinade and pat dry.
  6. Strain the marinade and save.
  7. Sprinkle salt over rabbit, dip in flour and brown in the butter.
  8. When all of the rabbit pieces are browned, return veggies and bacon to pan, pour strained marinade over rabbit and veggies.
  9. Cover and simmer until tender, about 1 hour.
  10. Remove rabbit from pan and place on a heated platter. Stir salt and flour into sour cream, add to sauce in pan and stir well.
  11. Pour sauce over rabbit and serve.

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