SADDLE OF VENISON "BADEN-BADEN STYLE"
This is one of the most opulent, delicious meals you will ever prepare or eat. Due to the low-fat nature of venison, it is also fairly healthy and not as much of a "sin" as might seem once you read the list of ingredients below. Baden-Baden is a health spa and casino town in Germany that has ranked as one of the most elegant resorts in Europe for centuries. This dish is often encountered there during the fall, when venison is readily available. Nowadays, however, most venison in the U.S. (as well as Europe) is farm-raised, so this elegant meal can be enjoyed anytime. Treat this as a truly extra-special occasion dish and you will be amazed at the raves you will get from your guests.
Provided by LastBaron
Categories Deer
Time 1h15m
Yield 1 Saddle of Venison, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Season the prepared saddle of venison on all sides with salt and pepper, the sear it on all sides in the clarified butter in the roast pan over high heat until browned.
- Remove the venison briefly to insert a rack into the roasting pan.
- Replace venison on rack and sprinkle breadcrumbs on top; roast in pre-heated 400-degree oven for 15 minutes for rare, about 18 minutes for medium.
- Remove venison from the roaster, wrap in alumnium foil and keep warm.
- Remove the rack from the roaster.
- Scrape any browned bits from the rack into the roasting pan.
- On stovetop, saute the apple rings in the roasting pan, browning them lightly in the drippings.
- Remove the apple rings, reserve warm.
- Increase heat to high, and allow the drippings to bubble up.
- Reduce heat to medium and deglaze the roasting pan with the red wine and stock.
- Scrape up any browned bits.
- Pour the stock through a sieve into a saucepan.
- Reduce over medium-high heat (being careful not to burn and stirring constantly) until syrupy.
- Remove from heat and mix in cold butter flakes with wire whisk until melted and absorbed.
- Your stock is now a sauce.
- Season tot taste with salt and butter.
- If you would like the consistency to be slightly thicker, you should reduce the stock more before adding the butter flakes.
- Keep this sauce warm on the stove over low heat until ready to serve.
- In a separate saute pan, heat clarified butter over medium-high heat.
- Add juniper berries, grapes, chestnuts and banana cuts; lightly brown these over medium-high heat.
- Remove from heat and drizzle with honey, stir well to glaze all evenly.
- Keep warm until serving.
- Unwrap reserved venison saddle from aluminum foil.
- Using a deboning knife, separate meat from the bones and transfer the resulting filet to a cutting board.
- Arrange the saddle bones (the rack) on a warmed serving platter.
- (Pour any drippings from the foil into your sauce for extra flavor.) Cut the filet on a bias; reassemble the filet on top of the rack on the warmed serving platter.
- Garnish by surrounding the roast with apple rings, banana cuts, grapes, chestnuts and juniper berries.
- Nap the roast with a little of the sauce; serve the remaining sauce on the side.
- Serve this most delicious of all roasts accompanied by (commercially available) Spaetzle, Gnocchi, Polenta (cut into medaillions and pan-fried til crisp and golden brown) or oven-roasted Red Bliss potatoes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 319.9, Fat 20.7, SaturatedFat 12.9, Cholesterol 53.4, Sodium 166.9, Carbohydrate 33.4, Fiber 3.6, Sugar 22.3, Protein 1.7
ALL DAY VENISON POT ROAST
My step-daughters always refused to eat venison, so we had to come up with creative ways to disguise it. This very tender and savory slow cooker pot roast always had them coming back for more. It wasn't until years later we revealed the truth of the roast's origins! Serve roast, vegetables and gravy over mashed potatoes.
Provided by Erin A.
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Game Meats Venison
Time 8h15m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Arrange the onions, carrots, and mushrooms in the bottom of a slow cooker. Rub the venison rump roast with garlic, black pepper, and salt, then place on top of the vegetables. Mix the cream of mushroom soup, beef broth, water, and onion gravy mix in a bowl until gravy mix is dissolved; pour soup mixture over the roast.
- Cook on High setting until roast is very tender, 8 to 10 hours. Slice roast before serving with gravy and vegetables.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 343 calories, Carbohydrate 19.6 g, Cholesterol 160.8 mg, Fat 7.9 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 47 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 1043.4 mg, Sugar 5.8 g
ROAST SADDLE OF VENISON WITH RED WINE
Provided by Craig Claiborne And Pierre Franey
Categories dinner, main course
Time P2DT2h45m
Yield 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Trim the saddle to remove any nerves or bits of fat.
- Put the saddle in a reasonably deep stainless steel or enamel utensil just large enough to hold it compactly. Add the onions, garlic, thyme, rosemary, carrot, celery, ginger, peppercorns, juniper berries, red wine, one and one-half cups of port wine and cinnamon stick. The surface of the meat should be covered with the marinade. Refrigerate one or two days. The longer the meat stands, the more gamy the taste will be.
- Remove the saddle of venison, but reserve the marinade with vegetables. Strain the marinade but reserve separately the liquid and vegetables.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
- Sprinkle the drained saddle with the one tablespoon of ground pepper and salt to taste.
- Heat the olive oil in a heavy roasting pan large enough to accommodate the saddle of venison. Brown the meat on both sides, about five minutes. Scatter the reserved vegetables around the meat and place the roasting pan in the oven. Bake 30 minutes. Turn the meat to the opposite side and bake 30 minutes or until the meat is medium rare. If you want the meat more fully cooked, let it bake an additional 15 minutes or longer. To test for doneness, insert a thin metal skewer inside the hollow part (the spinal cord) of the spine. Remove the skewer and press it to your lips. If it is nicely warm, the meat is medium rare. If it is hot, the meat is well done. Transfer the meat to a warm platter.
- Place the roasting pan over medium heat and add the reserved marinating liquid. Bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the brown particles that cling to the bottom and sides of the pan. Cook about 10 minutes and pour the sauce and reserved vegetables into a casserole or deep skillet. Let simmer slowly about one-half hour. Add the cream and remaining cup of port wine and bring to the boil. Let cook about 15 minutes or until the sauce is slightly thickened.
- Line a saucepan with a sieve, preferably of the sort known in French kitchens as a chinois. Pour the sauce and solids into the sieve, pressing to extract as much liquid and flavor as possible from the solids. Discard the solids.
- Bring the sauce to the boil and swirl in the butter.
- Add salt and pepper and stir in the jelly. Carve the meat and serve with a little of the sauce spooned over each serving. Serve with mashed potatoes, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 774, UnsaturatedFat 11 grams, Carbohydrate 13 grams, Fat 29 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 93 grams, SaturatedFat 16 grams, Sodium 1116 milligrams, Sugar 5 grams, TransFat 0 grams
VENISON WITH MUSHROOM-WINE SAUCE
Steps:
- 1. Mix the flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish. Dredge the meat in the seasoned flour. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Cook the venison for 2 minutes per side, and then transfer to a plate and cover to keep warm.
- 2. Reduce the heat in the skillet to medium, add the shallots and garlic, and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add the mushrooms and sauté for about 3 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste. Add the wine and chicken broth, raise heat to medium-high, and cook for 1 minute more. Return the meat to the pan and simmer until heated, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
ROAST SADDLE OF VENISON WITH WILD MUSHROOM-CREAM SAUCE
The saddle is a backcut of deer. Whilst with larger deer, this cut is removed to make filet, with smaller deer, it is better to do it on the bones to prevent drying out. This recipe makes lots of sauce, which should be served over dumplings, potatoes or rice. This is a combination of a few different recipes I had. I did it with a very small roe deer (a bit over 1kg for the saddle but would be good with large deer, just adjust the time according and you might need foil to cover the ham at the end to prevent burning.
Provided by Tea Girl
Categories Wild Game
Time 2h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas Mark 7.
- Rub lard or duck fat on meaty side of saddle.
- Season the saddle generously with salt and pepper.
- Cover with ham slices and put on roasting tray and put it in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- Lower oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas Mark 3.
- Add wine and broth to roasting tray and roast for 10 minutes per 500g for medium-rare to medium. The temperature of the thickest part should 60-65°C/135-145°F.
- While that the saddle is roasting, saute lightly the shallot and mushrooms in butter on medium heat and set aside.
- When the saddle is ready, remove from oven and remove the ham and cover in foil, leaving for 20 minutes.
- Pour the juices and wine from roasting pan into a sauce pan on high heat.
- Mix cold water and starch and add to the sauce pan.
- Bring to a boil and allow sauce to thicken.
- After sauce thickens, put temperature to low, add cream and wild mushrooms mix and cook until warm.
- Crumble the ham into the sauce and taste and add salt and pepper as necessary.
- Serve with hot dumplings, potatoes or rice and a salad.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 251.3, Fat 23.2, SaturatedFat 13, Cholesterol 65.2, Sodium 28.7, Carbohydrate 4.2, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 0.7, Protein 2
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