TIME FOR THE EXPERIMENTS: VENISON
Tuesday, December 04, 2012I was invited to butcher a deer, shot by a colleague from my husbands workplace. As a thank you for my help I now have a freezer full of half of the deer. I don't have a huge experience of butchering deer or cooking it so now that it's cut and in my freezer I figure it's time for some experiments with the meat.
Venison and Bacon Burgers
400g minced venison
I used the mincer on my Kitchenaid using the coarse grinder plate and minced the meat once. I was careful not to over mix the meat and simply hand mixed until everything was incorporated. I shaped them into 4 burgers and cooked in the pan with the fat from the bacon in it.
The burgers were delicious! They had a mild gamey flavour, which was very pleasing. They were moist and will certainly feature on my plate again!
Next experiment is a Venison Pie? Possibly a raised pie with a cranberry top!! Watch this space.....
Next experiment is a Venison Pie? Possibly a raised pie with a cranberry top!! Watch this space.....
4 comments
My mouth's watering - keep some in that freezer for the next visit!! You are a star chef xx
ReplyDeleteYum .... Venison , cranberry and Guinness pie sounds good to me with a shortcrust pastry top
ReplyDeleteI will let you know how I go on with it! xx
Deleteooh this is exciting! my uncles back in Ontario get a couple deer a year, now to think of a way to get some of it out to me in Alberta!
ReplyDeleteTell me what you're thinking, I promise I don't bite!