Recipe,, rabbit saddle, ricotta cake, fava beans, Boston Bibb lettuce, chef, Odette Fada, Matteo Bergamini, SD26, New York City, NY, Madison Square Park
RECIPE - RABBIT SADDLE
WHAT
Recipe for rabbit saddle, ricotta cake, fava beans, and Boston Bibb lettuce from chefs Odette Fada and Matteo Bergamini of SD26 in New York City.
WHY
Nothing says Spring like rabbit.
April 1, 2010
Rabbit Saddle, Ricotta Cake, Fava Beans, and Boston Bibb Lettuce
Recipe Courtesy of Chef Odette Fada and Chef de Cuisine Matteo Bergamini at SD26
Yield
6 servings
Ingredients
Rabbit:
- 3 rabbit saddle, deboned
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 2 tablespoon green olives, chopped
- 2 pinches fresh marjoram, minced
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup fava beans, blanched.
- 1/2 head bibb lettuce
- salt
- pepper
Ricotta Cake:
- 500 grams ricotta
- 75 grams “00” flour
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons Pecorino Romano cheese, grated
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
Ingredients
Ricotta Cake
1) Mix together the ricotta, “00” flour, eggs, pecorino romano cheese, salt and pepper. Place in a sheet pan so the mixture is about 1/2 inch thick. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap.
2) Steam for about 8 to 12 minutes.
3) Let cool and cut into rectangles (1 1/2 inches by 4 inches).
4) Place the ricotta cakes on a lightly oiled sheet pan. Place in a 350 degree F oven and cook till warm.
Saddle Of Rabbit
1) Heat two ounces of the olive oil in a sauté pan. Sweat the onion till soft. Add the green olives and marjoram. Set aside.
2) Flatten the rabbit saddles with a meat mallet. Season with salt and pepper.
3) Place the onion mixture in the bottom-middle of the rabbit saddle and roll tightly. Tie with butchers twine.
4) Heat two ounces of olive oil in a sauté pan. Sear the rabbit saddles on all sides until golden and cooked through. The rabbit saddles will take approximately 12 minute to cook through. (Note: If the outside of the rabbit looks like it is getting too dark, you can add a little broth.) Let rest before slicing.
5) In a separate pan heat two ounces of olive oil. Add the bibb lettuce and let wilt. Add the fava beans and cook till warm. Season with salt and pepper.
6) Slice the rabbit and serve over the sauteed fava beans and bibb lettuce and ricotta cake.
