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I absolutely love cooking with game – I'm a country girl, a farmer's daughter, and it's part of my life. People often don't realize how versatile – and how healthy - game is to cook and eat. There's a huge variety available – from snipe and partridge to venison and hare, and so many ways of preparing it, from traditional old-fashioned and delicious roast pheasant wrapped in bacon to a modern-day venison
burger stuffed with blue cheese. - Rachel Green.

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Recipes arrow Venisonarrow Loin of Welsh Venison with blackcurrant & Rosemary just served on a bed of parsnip & apple m
Loin of Welsh Venison with blackcurrant & Rosemary just served on a bed of parsnip & apple m
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Created by admin, Monday, 29 November 1999
Description

Devised by Neil Mackenzie, Head Chef, Queens Head - Finalists Game Category, Pub Chef Awards 2005


Ingredients
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Venison
Methods/steps

Ingredients

2lb loin of Welsh venison

12oz parsnips

12oz potatoes

8oz Bramley apples

2 oz crème fraiche

Butter

Salt

Pepper

Bunch of fresh thyme

Rosemary, finely chopped

Small punnet of blackcurrants

Juice of half a lemon

2 fl oz orange juice

½ tbsp sage

Notes

Loin of Welsh Venison with blackcurrant & Rosemary just served on a bed of parsnip & apple mash

Method

  1. Seal the meat for 1 minute each side on a high heat in a frying pan. Then transfer to the oven and roast for about 12-15 minutes until tender. Leave to rest for about 3 minutes. Slice and arrange on the parsnip mash. Drizzle jus around plate and finish with parsnip crisps and a bay leave.
  2. Part cook potatoes in slightly salted water. After 10 minutes add parsnips. With 5 minutes to go add apple. Cook until tender. Drain and dry. Add a little butter, 2oz crème fraiche. Salt and pepper to taste.
  3. Bring orange, lemon and honey to the boil and add blackcurrants. Simmer for 30 seconds. Sate the shallots for approx 2 minutes. Season to taste. Add rosemary and sage to the reduced stock.
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