A civet is a dish that uses onions, (which is the
meaning of "civet") and other comestible bulbs like garlic and shallots...
Prepare this dish in advance choosing a very good
wine for the marinade.
Ingredients
(for 4 people)
1 hare
250 g mushrooms
250g bacon
2 tablespoons
flour
1 liter good red wine
20 tree
onions
3 medium onions
1 garlic clove
1shallot
3 cloves
1 bouquet garni
1 small glass
eau-de-vie
1 teaspoon sugar
50 g butter
oil
salt and peppercorns
Procedure
Cut the meat from the hare
in pieces. Marinate with
eau-de-vie, peeled and minced one onion, garlic and shallot, bouquet
garni and cloves in 50 cl red wine for 24 hours.
Peel
and mince the other two onions. Butter and oil a casserole, fry them, add lard
cut in pieces. Remove them from the casserole and save.
Dry the hare meat with
a sponge or cloth and brown. Sprinkle with flour
Add the marinade
passed through a sieve and the rest of the wine. Simmer covered for 2
hours.
Wash mushrooms. Remove their lower parts and
fry them in a frying pan on a little butter with tree onions sprinkled
with sugar.
Add them in the casserole when the cooking is
almost done.