Home » Food » By Course » Main Dishes » Rabbit in Mustard Sauce (Lapin à la Moutarde) Rabbit in Mustard Sauce (Lapin à la Moutarde) March 14, 2023 by Kimberly Killebrew · No CommentsAs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.See my disclosure policy.A very traditional French dish, this Rabbit in Mustard Sauce recipe, or Lapin à la Moutarde, features braised rabbit in a mustard-based cream sauce with herbs.  Easy to make with gourmet results, this dish is perfect for everything from a casual family meal to a fancy dinner party! Rabbit has been eaten since ancient times and continues to be eaten throughout the world.  While its popularity has waned in the U.S., it is still very common in the Mediterranean, most notably in Italy, France, and Spain who are also, after China, the largest producers and exporters of rabbit.

Is Rabbit Healthy? Yes it is!  In fact, rabbit is one of the healthiest meats you can eat.  When you compare rabbit to beef, veal, pork, lamb, chicken, and turkey, rabbit is the leanest in fat, has the fewest calories per pound, and has the highest percentage of protein.   Raising rabbits also has a very low environmental impact compared to other animals.  “Rabbits produce six pounds of meat on the same feed and water as cattle consume to produce only one pound” (Modern Farmer), and so raising rabbits for their own meat has been a practice easily accessible to families for thousands of years.Aside from rabbit’s perks as a he

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