Venison medallions in port wine and cranberry sauce with croquettes and glazed carrots

AUTHOR
Leta Marks
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
2.8 4
COOK TIME
35 mins
TOTAL TIME
35 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 750 g Carrots
  • 4 Venison medallions (approx. 150 g each)
  • 4 discs smoked streaky breakfast bacon (à approx. 10 g)
  • 1 package (450 g) frozen oven potato croquettes
  • 4 Stem(s) Marjoram
  • 25 g Butter
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 50 g liquid honey
  • 300 ml Vegetable broth
  • 50 ml Port wine
  • 75 g Cranberries (glass)
  • 1 str. tbsp. cornflour
  • 2 wooden skewers
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the meat, dab dry and wrap each one with a slice of bacon. Halve the wooden skewers and use them to stick the bacon slices to the meat. Put the croquettes on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

  2. 2

    Bake the croquettes in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for approx. 25 minutes. Peel, wash and slice the carrots. Wash marjoram, shake dry, put some leaves aside for garnishing.

  3. 3

    Pluck the remaining leaves from the stems. Heat butter and 2 tablespoons of oil in a saucepan, fry carrots for about 12 minutes, turning them over. Season to taste with salt, pepper and honey. Mix in marjoram. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan, fry meat for 3-4 minutes on each side, season with salt and pepper, remove and keep warm.

  4. 4

    Deglaze the roast with broth and port wine, add cranberries, season with salt and pepper and bring to the boil. In the meantime stir starch and 3-4 tablespoons of water until smooth. Stir into the boiling stock, bring to the boil again, simmer for 1 minute.

  5. 5

    Arrange meat, sauce, carrots and croquettes garnished with marjoram on plates.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
730 kcal
CARBS
57 g
FATS
37 g
PROTEINS
38 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesAutumnMeatGame