Does anyone know

[capt561921]

Hello fellow meat eaters,

 

Would anyone know of any good Venison stew recipes ?

 

Regards

 

Rob

[alled12]

This recipe is adapted from a Mrs beethons one:

Cubed venison about 1kg (shoulder or leg, shoulder seems to work the best )

A bone from the beast

A bottle of red wine (Decent)

good sprig of thyme

couple of teaspoons of whole black peppercorns

250ml of port

500ml of good quality stock (Venison if poss otherwise chicken)

a dozen small pickling onions

200 grams bacon lardons

Half a large onion

2 cloves of garlic

dozen button mushrooms

6 or 7 dehydrated porcini mushrooms (soaked)

3 large carrots sliced

6 baby turnips

Couple of pieces of 85% coca dark chocolate

Salt and Pepper to taste

 

Rue

2 tbsp of flour

2 tbsp butter

 

Dumplings

butter , frozen and grated

150g self-raising flour

2 tbsp horseradish cream

2 sprigs thyme , leaves stripped and chopped

 

Method

Cube the venison and marinade in the bottle of wine, thyme & black peppercorns for a few hours. Drain the the venison reserving the liquid and pat the cubes of meat dry. Dredge the venison in flour and heat some lard in a large frying pan and fry off the venison in batches if necessary untill its brown. Set aside next prep a stew pot with a little lard and add the onions and garlic sliced to it and brown off, once they are brown add the venison, sliced carrots, porcini mushrooms and there liqour. Pour in the wine, wine port and stock. Add a bay leaf a few whole black peppercorns and a few sprigs of thyme. Add the bone to the stew, allow the stew to simmer gently for about 3 hours with the lid on, check from time to time to make sure the liquid level is not getting to low. You want end up with little bit more than half of the starting amount of liquid left at the end. The rue will thicken it nicely. For the dumplings mix together all of the ingredients thoroughly, before rolling the mixture between your hands into a number of small balls a bit bigger than a golf ball. Place these in the stew with about an hour to go along with the baby turnips.

Warm 2 tbsp of butter in a small pan until it has melted, mix in the flour until you have a paste set aside do this with approximately half an hour.

When about 20 minutes from the end of cooking heat some oil in a large pan and add the lardons and fry gentley next add the small pickling onions to pan, after a few more minutes add the button mushrooms, brown off all of these. Once they are brown which should be just before the venison has finished cooking tip the contents of the frying pan into the stew pot.

Remove 2 good laddles of stock from the venison stew to the pan with the butter and flour (rue) and stir thoroughly untill you have a shinny liquid tip this back into the stew and stir it in. Add a couple of pieces of dark chocolate to the stew and stir. Once the meat is tender remove from the hob and Serve immediately with mountains of potatos, seasonal veg and lots of bread. The meat should melt in your mouth with a rich taste which venison deserves. There will be requests for seconds.

Time: 3½ to 4 hours.

Sufficient for 10 or 12 persons. Usually 4 tp 6 as everyone wants more

Hope this is of some use

[TC]

That had my mouth watering just reading it!

 

Clipped and printed.

 

Cheers

 

Tony

[sauer]

mmmm that does sound good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

i just take some cubed / diced venison brown off in a pan quick like then throw it in the slow cooker with some

carrots, shallots / onions, ( i usually add mushrooms but not untill last 40 mins or so)

usually leave in the slow cooker tiull meat just bout falling to bits... average 8 hours ish

 

knorr cube and water for stock

 

but i use red wine for roughly a third of volume of the stock

really fancy trying it with guiness too.

 

if too watery add wee drop beef bisto just thicken up to texture you desire...or cornflour if you have it.

 

 

sorry dont have volumes i just "gauge" it by eye or handful here teaspoon tablespoon here!!!

 

( recently added some balsamic vinegar to gravy to add a wee bite and jesus it was fine!!!!

 

sauer