Rabbit And Dumplin's

Ingredients

• 4 cups celery, one-inch dice
• 6 cups onion, one-inch dice
• 1 cup chopped leeks
• 10 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 3 to 3.5 pound rabbit
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 bunch thyme
• 1 bunch tarragon
• 6 dashes of table sauce
• 8 black pepper corns
• 2 tablespoons each of chopped parsley, tarragon, and chives
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• salt and pepper
• 3 cups self-rising flour, such as white lily self-rising flour
• 3/4 tablespoon table salt
• 4 1/2 tablespoon cold unsalted butter
• 1 cup buttermilk (or just enough to make the dough stick together)