Title: Chipotle hasenpfeffer
 Categories: Game
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 lg Rabbit; cut into pieces
      2 tb Vegetable oil
      1    Bay leaf; crumbled
      1    Clove garlic; chopped
      1    Clove (the spice)
      2 tb Bacon; diced
      2 sm Carrots; chopped
           Mushrooms; optional
    1/2 c  Vinegar (a little less if
           -using lots of a sour
           -Chipotle sauce like bufalo)
  1 1/2 c  Water -or-
  1 1/4 c  Water -and-
    1/4 c  White wine
      1 c  Sour cream
           Chipotle sauce or puree to
           -taste
  
  Heat vegetable oil in cauce pan. When hot, add leaf, garlic clove, spice clove, bacon, carrots 
and mushrooms. Add rabbit and saute until browned.
  
  Pour solution of 1/2 cup vinegar, the chipotle sauce, & the
  water/wine over meat.  Cover pan and simmer until tender.  Before
  removing pan from heat, add sour cream and more chipotle puree if
  desired. Serve hot with dumplings or large noodles.
  
  I like this with about a teaspoon of Dijon mustard in the final sauce.