Description
Venison casserole, a taste of history, love, and health
Ingredients
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- Soak prunes in brandy 5 days ahead of time
- Marinade venison 2 days beforehand
- Other cuts of meat to consider: Wild boar rib or Leg of deer on the bone
Ingredients for Marinade
- 125 g diced Pork Belly
- 2 sliced Carrots
- 2 sliced Leeks
- 10 ml dried Sage
- 3 Bay leaves
- 5 ml dried Bouquet garni
- 4 chopped Garlic Cloves
- 750 ml Red Wine
Ingredients for Casserole
- 1.25 kg fat trimmed off Venison: Deer blade of the shoulder (on the bone)
- Olive oil
- 125 g diced Pork belly
- 1 Sliced Carrot
- 1 Sliced Leek
- 5 ml dried Sage
- 2 chopped Garlic cloves
- 2 Bay leaves
- 5 ml dried Bouquet garni
- 750 ml of Red wine
Ingredients for Sauce
- 100 g grated dark chocolate (at least 70% cacao)
- 125 ml cream
- 125 g pine nuts
- 250 g Prunes, covered in brandy for 5 days
Instructions
Prepare marinade
- Fry pork belly in olive oil until fat runs.
- Add carrots and leeks, simmer
- Add herbs
- Add wine and bring to a boil for 5 minutes to allow the alcohol to evaporate
- Let cool down
- Put meat in a 3L ziplock bag and add cold marinade.
- Put in fridge and turn every 12 hours or so for 48 hours.
Prepare casserole
- Remove meat from marinade and pat dry
- Brown meat all over in duck fat and remove
- Fry pork belly, carrot and leek. Add garlic and herbs.
- Place the meat back on top of the vegetables
- Strain the marinade, letting liquid pour into the casserole pot
- Add the red wine as well
- Simmer with lid on for 2 hours (I put it in the oven at 180C/350F for 2 hours, removing the lid for the last 20 minutes)
- Remove meat from pot and place on carving board to rest
- Slice thinly and arrange on a serving plate
Prepare sauce
- Remove most of the vegetables from the casserole pot and discard.
- Reduce the remaining liquid contents to sauce consistency
- Turn down heat
- Add chocolate and then the cream and pine nuts
- Add the prunes and heat through
- Spoon sauce over meat and serve
Notes
Created, Prepared, tried, and tested by Charl from SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 1110
- Sugar: 11.2 g
- Sodium: 276.2 mg
- Fat: 48.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 16.7 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 168.5 g
- Fiber: 11.1 g
- Protein: 11.1 g
- Cholesterol: 42.9 mg