Pasta & rice / RICETTI
Spaghetti with rabbit sauce
A fenkata first course with slow-cooked rabbit sauce.
◷ 110 min / 4 servings
Method
- Brown rabbit in oil. Add chopped onion and garlic and soften for 8 minutes.
- Add passata, wine, water and bay. Season and simmer covered for 75 minutes until rabbit is tender.
- Lift out rabbit, remove every bone and return shredded meat to the sauce.
- Cook spaghetti following the packet. Drain and toss with sauce, adding pasta water if needed.
✳ From the kitchen
At a fenkata, rabbit pieces may be kept for the main course and only the sauce used.
Tradition reference
Gululu · Maltese family dishes and fenkata ↗Reference for the dish tradition. This recipe is an original home-kitchen adaptation; family versions vary. Not professionally kitchen-tested.