Roasted Saddle of Venison

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Jus

Ingredients

  • 3kg venison or veal bones (with meat)
  • 300g venison or veal meat
  • 2 bottles of red wine
  • 1 bottle of port wine
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato puree
  • 3 carrots
  • 1/4 root of celery
  • 2 parsnip
  • 2 onion
  • 1/3 leek
  • cranberry jam
  • junipers
  • allspice
  • pepper
  • salt

Instructions

  • boil bones in water for 5 min
  • remove water and rinse bones
  • roast carrots, celery, parsnip, onions and leek for at least 15 min.
  • add bones and tomato puree
  • deglaze with red wine and port wine
  • add spices
  • simmer gently until only about 1/3 of the liquid is left (a couple of hours)

 

Venison

Ingredients

  • 1,5kg venison
  • red wine
  • 2 onions
  • 2 carrots
  • juniper
  • pepper
  • salt

Instructions

  • put venison into slow cooker for about 2 hours
  • roast carrots and onions
  • deglaze with red wine
  • add carrots, onions and red wine to venison
  • add spices and keep in slow cooker for 1 hour
  • add liquid, carrots and onion to jus
  • roast venison in oven at 160°C for half an hour

 

Red Cabbage

Ingredients

  • 1,5 kg red cabbage
  • 2 onions
  • 4 tablespoons of oil
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • juice of 3 oranges
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/2 bottle of red wine
  • 300ml of beef broth
  • cranberry jam
  • salt
  • pepper
  • sugar
  • 1,5 teaspoons of starch
  • dash of cinnamon

Instructions

  • ideally the cabbage is finished a day before serving
  • brown onions in oil
  • add sugar and deglaze with red wine 
  • add red cabbage and broth
  • braise unto cabbage is soft
  • add juice of oranges and lemon
  • add spices and cranberry jam
  • add starch

 

Potato Rösti

Ingredients

  • 2kg waxy potatoes
  • 70g diced smoked belly of pork (bacon)
  • 100ml milk
  • 1 egg
  • salt

Instructions

  • cut potatoes into stripes (mandolin)
  • roast diced bacon and add to potatoes
  • add milk,salt and whisked egg
  • mix and wait for 15 min.
  • remove liquid firmly
  • shape rösti nests and fry in pan