Braised Rabbit with Salmorejo Sauce (Conejo en Salmorejo) | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1 ⁄ 4 cup kosher salt, plus more
• 1 ⁄ 4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 10 whole black peppercorns
• 7 cloves garlic, crushed and peeled
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 (3-lb.) whole rabbit, broken down into 4 legs and 2 loins on the bone (have your butcher do this)
• 1 1 ⁄ 2 cups white wine
• 2 tbsp. white wine vinegar
• 2 tsp. pimentón (smoked Spanish paprika)
• 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. ground cumin
• 1 dried New Mexican chile, stemmed and seeded
• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• Freshly ground black pepper