Wild Game Recipes: Oven-Baked Rabbit

Oven Baked Rabbit

1 rabbit, quartered
1/4 cup butter
2 cups Italian bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon ground rosemary
1/2 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon parsley flakes
Salt and pepper, to taste

Salt and pepper rabbit quarters. Melt butter in baking dish. Mix all ingredients except bread crumbs and orange juice in paper bag. Add orange juice to butter in baking dish and mix well. Dip rabbit quarters in butter, and place in bag and shake. Arrange rabbit quarters in baking dish, and cover with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Turn rabbit over, and bake another 45 minutes. Remove foil, and place under broiler 5 minutes to brown.