venison: what to do with it?

lil_me

I remember there being several arrests made after people were admitted to hospital where I used to live, because they were ill due to eating wild deer which was not prepared properly and there had been several killed in a local park. With this in mind, personally I wouldn't touch it. Even more so if you do not know why it had died.

soappie

Ho hum, I had an impulse buy yesterday. I stopped at a farm shop on the way home from work for some veg. Spied two really nice, thick looking wild venison steaks (yes - they were at wild venison prices! :eek:) and impulse bought (though they came slightly cheaper because the chap threw in two heads of organic celery for nothing - I haven't quite worked out why yet!). So, they are now sitting in splendour in the fridge.

I've scoured my recipe books and only found one recipe which involves marinating and then stewing. I'm happy to do that but does anyone else have some tried and trusted venison recipes? I'm thinking a casserole type thing with sauce/gravy.

Any ideas gratefully received!

Floss

Try this one - chocolate venison stew... http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/513605

or potato & venison casserole
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/potatoandvenisoncass_76609.shtml

Personally I like it done as a (sorry!) Bambi Wellington in a pastry coat!

Nordictat2

how about these...

Marinate the venison meat over night in the Italian dressing. Flip over at least one time during the marinade.

To cook..get a grill pan, turn heat on to high to it's really hot then place the steaks on til the brown on both sides...then turn the heat down and cook from anywhere from 8-12 mins (pending on how you like it on the inside).

or...

this one... I have yet to try:
venison cut into thin stripes
salt and pepper to taste
garlic powder to taste
1 onion, chopped
2 cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
500 g uncooked egg noodles
1 container of sour cream

Season venison with salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste. Saute onion in a large skillet; when soft, add venison and brown. Drain when venison is no longer pink and add soup. Reduce heat to low and simmer.
Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add noodles and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
When noodles are almost done cooking, stir sour cream into meat mixture. Pour meat mixture over hot cooked noodles and serve.

Hope it helps

Piggybanker

Spooky - just heard Venison recipes being discussed on the radio on the way home from work! Here are the recipes........

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/evans/nigel_recipes.shtml

odds-n-sods

steaks shouldn't need to be braised; I'd cook them as you would a beefsteak.
Marinate in red wine, rosemary + garlic, juniper berries (if you've got them) + peppercorns overnight, then grill.

soappie

Piggybanker wrote: »

Spooky - just heard Venison recipes being discussed on the radio on the way home from work! Here are the recipes........

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/evans/nigel_recipes.shtml

Spooky indeed :eek:

soappie

odds-n-sods wrote: »

Marinate in red wine, rosemary + garlic, juniper berries (if you've got them) + peppercorns overnight, then grill.

And if you don't have the juniper berries? What can you substitute?

odds-n-sods

leave them out! recipes aren't set in stone, you can chop and change spices.

Don't have it switch it, don't like it, swop it.

Common swops are:

thyme - rosemary - oregano -- any of these 3 are interchangable

basil - parsley

coriander with parsley

spices like juniper berries, bay leaf, dont' really have swops - if you don't have them, leave them out.

If you dont' have something like packaged bouquet garni, or chinese 5 spice, make you own version.

Chinese 5 spice - cinnamon, pepper, ground ginger

Bouquet garni - bay leaf, fresh parsley and thyme, peppercorns tied together. can include sage, rosemary, oregano. If using dried herbs, stick in a tea strainer or piece of cheesecloth.

krispyg76

Venison

Look up a recipe for Cumberland sauce

Or do a sauce with port and blackcurrants - sya pan fry some red onion, garlic, add the port and some fresh blackcurrants or even a few spoonfuls of blackcurrant jam.

Omg mmmmmmmm