1-2 shallots or small onion finely sliced
butter
2 cloves of garlic crushed
bayleaf and thyme
1-2tsp mustard - I use the cheapest Dijon stuff generally from Lidl
1-2 glasses of white wine - I use Sauvignon 'cos that's what we tend to buy
Fry the onion in a mixture of butter with a splash of oil to stop it burning.
Fry the rabbit pieces until browned a little.
Add the garlic, a bayleaf, some thyme and 1-2 glasses of white wine, salt and pepper.
Simmer for about an hour or cook at mark 2-3 until tender
You could always omit the mustard, and add some carrots when you fry the onion/shallots, about a mug of water and about 2 cereal spoons of pearl barley. Then at the end, add a couple of spoons of cream.
I had rabbit stew with pearl barley, and loved it when I was little, but whenever I tried to cook it, it didn't turn out right.
The above recipe with the white wine and the mustard is always lovely, and doesn't taste mustardy as rabbit itself is quite strong.
If you get a rabbit with the liver, you could always make him a nice salad by frying a rasher of streaky bacon cut into fine strips, until starting to turn golden. Add the liver, cook until just sealed, flambé in brandy, shake in a little balsamic vinegar and tip over a bed of lettuce.
Hope that helps - as you can see, I love rabbit.