Saddle of venison with cranberry-juniper sauce

AUTHOR
Isreal Robertson
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
5 1
COOK TIME
150 mins
TOTAL TIME
150 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 3 Onions
  • 1 Apples
  • 1 Orange
  • 8 Juniper berries
  • 20 g clarified butter
  • 800 g Saddle of venison (release at the slaughterhouse and let the bones chop a little)
  • 1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste
  • 1/8 l dry red wine
  • 750 g Broccoli
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Sauce thickener
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Wild cranberries (in juice)
  • 2 TABLESPOONS flaked almonds
  • 30 g Butter or margarine
  • 7-10 Tbsp Parsley and orange slices

Directions

  1. 1

    For the sauce, peel and quarter onions. Wash the apple, peel the orange and cut both into pieces. Crush juniper berries roughly. Heat 10 g clarified butter in a pot. Fry the saddle of venison well in it.

  2. 2

    Add onions, apple, orange and juniper berries. Stir in tomato paste. Deglaze with 3/4 litre water and red wine. Let it boil down for 2 hours at low heat. Clean the broccoli and divide into small florets.

  3. 3

    Rub the saddle of venison with salt and pepper. Heat the remaining clarified butter in a pan and fry the saddle of venison all around. Place on the fat pan of the oven and bake in the preheated oven (electric: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for 10-15 minutes.

  4. 4

    In the meantime, steam broccoli in little boiling salted water for 8-10 minutes. Pour game sauce through a sieve. Bring to the boil and stir in the sauce thickener. Add the cranberries. Season to taste with salt and pepper and bring to the boil again.

  5. 5

    Remove the saddle of venison and keep it warm for a short time. Drain the broccoli. Fry almond flakes in hot fat until golden brown. Swivel the broccoli in it. Cut the meat open and arrange on a preheated plate with broccoli and a little sauce.

  6. 6

    Garnish with parsley and orange slices. Sauce extra rich. Duchess potatoes taste good with it.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
400 kcal
CARBS
13 g
FATS
20 g
PROTEINS
39 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesMeatGame