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One Sterling Family Farms tradition is Sunday dinner eaten together at Granny’s house.  This last week we feasted on roast rabbit, and it was delicious.  The recipe is as follows:

2 roaster rabbits (3 – 6 lbs. each), fresh or thawed

Olive oil

Salt

Freshly ground pepper

Onions cut in strips or rounds

Garlic roughly chopped

Rosemary

Sage

Thyme

Remove all four legs and place inside the body cavity. Coat the rabbit liberally with olive oil.  In a roasting pan, place the rabbit (s) open side down. Cover with garlic, herbs (fresh if possible), and onion slices.  Sprinkle with ground pepper and salt.  Cover; if the roasting pan is large, cover the rabbit with a piece of aluminum foil to reduce air space around the rabbit.  Bake 350° for one hour.  Reduce heat to 225° and bake until the meat is tender. Use a corn starch and milk thickener for the gravy.

The Sterling family relaxed while eating rabbit, brown rice cooked in chicken broth, baked onions, fresh Granny rolls, and bean salad. This food, from the farm except for the rice, closed a busy week and set us up for the week ahead as we enjoyed each others’ company. As the grandchildren and their parents departed, another Sterling Family tradition is to remind each other to “Sleep well!".” Good night.