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gozotoday | FRIDAY • 7 MARCH 2025
FOOD
MUSIC FESTIVAL
GHAJNSIELEM
17
MARCH
MONDAY
3rd Edition
2025
GĦAJNSIELEM
LOCAL COUNCIL
INNERS
DIVINE
14.30 TILL LATE FREE EVENT
IN FRONT OF GHAJNSIELEM FOOTBALL CLUB
Southern fried rabbit
Ingredients
• 1 whole rabbit
• 200g plain white
flour
• 200g corn flour
• 4 garlic heads
• 1 Tbsp coriander
seeds
• 1 Tbsp fennel
seed
• 11 Tbsp black
pepper
• ½ Tbsp dried
thyme
• ½ Tbsp rosemary,
dried
• Salt, as needed
• Frying oil, as
needed
• Corn flour, extra
as needed
• Red wine vinegar,
as needed
1. Season rabbit with salt a leave to sit for around 5
minutes.
2. Blend the spices and dried herbs together and add
the to a bowl, season with salt and add the weighed
out flour and corn flour.
3. Peel and chop the garlic and add them to a new
bowl. To this bowl add a little corn flour and red wine
vinegar. Whisk till you form a very lose batter.
4. Add the rabbit to seasoned flour, and cover well,
pressing down on the flour. Add the floured rabbit to
the corn flour/garlic slurry and dip in.
5. Remove the rabbit form the garlic slurry and toss in
the bowl containing the seasoned flour.
6. Leave the rabbit inside of this bowl for around
10 minutes so that the flour stick onto the rabbit
properly.
7. Fill a pot with neutral oil and bring up to a
temperature of 140'C for the legs, neck and forearms.
And 180'C for the back and loins.
8. Cook the loin for around 8 minutes and the legs,
forearms and necks for between 15- 20 minutes.
Method
A recipe for fried rabbit, done Southern style. Here, the rabbit is coated in seasoned f lour and corn f lour
and fried it until beautifully crisp
