Rabbit Loin Cigars

This great dinner makes a wonderful presentation and is sure to please. Puff pastry filled with a mushroom and asparagus mixture topped with lamb.

Ingredients:

• 3 oz morel mushrooms
• 1 piece puff pastry, 4 inch square
• 1 tsp shallots, minced
• 3 white asparagus
• 4 oz demi glace
• 1 tbsp butter
• 6 oz rabbit loin
• 1 egg yolk
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

In a medium size saute pan, add shallots, mushrooms, salt, and pepper and saute until it turns into a paste. Remove and reserve. Lay pastry down and rub mushroom mixture on, covering entire pastry. Spread rabbit loin on top. Add asparagus and start to roll pastry until it forms a tight closed cylinder then whisk yolk smooth and brush pastry with it. Place roll into a 350 degree oven for 7 to 13 minutes until golden brown. Heat demi glace in a small saucepan. Finish with butter. Remove rabbit loin from oven and let rest for 5 minutes. Cut on a bias and align in middle of plate. Drizzle sauce around plate.

Number of Servings: 1-2