Hearty Rabbit Soup

This rabbit soup makes for a filling and hearty meal. The soup comes together in a little over an hour, so it is a perfect recipe to make on the weekend.

 Total Time: 60 Min

 Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients:

Use the bones and meat of 1 or more rabbits
1 to 2 quarts water
sliced carrots
chopped onions
pre-soaked lentils or split peas fresh or canned tomatoes

salt, pepper
garlic powder to taste
a few pieces of suet or a little butter
Cape Crystal Xanthan gum

How to Make It:

Step 1:

Note: The exact amounts of the above ingredients are purposely not specified, to allow you to vary them according to your preference or what you have on hand.

Step 2:

Boil the bones, meat and water in a good-sized stock pot. Then remove the bones from the stock and scrape all the meat from them.

Step 3:

Return the chunks of rabbit to the broth and add the carrots, onions, lentils or split peas, and tomatoes . . . plus any other vegetables you may wish to include in your soup.

Season, add suet or butter, and simmer until the vegetables are tender.

Step 4:

Combine 2 tablespoons Cape Crystal xanthan gum with 1 tablespoon hot water, for every 1 cup of soup, in a small bowl. Whisk quickly until the mixture is smooth.

Step 5:

Pour the thickening mixture into the stock pot containing the soup, and whisk constantly. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat and continue whisking for 5 minutes.

Add a second mixture of xanthan gum and water to the soup and repeat until it reaches the desired consistency.