Venison and chestnut casserole
Venison and chestnut casserole

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, venison and chestnut casserole. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

By all means use vacuum-packed chestnuts, but just imagine how roasting your own would make the kitchen smell. (To roast chestnuts, preheat the oven to the hottest setting. Using a slotted spoon, remove the meat from the pan and set it aside. Venison and Chestnut Casserole Enjoy the rich wintery flavours of red wine, chestnuts and tender venison in this hearty casserole.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have venison and chestnut casserole using 14 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Venison and chestnut casserole:
  1. Get 2 tbsp butter or other cooking fat
  2. Make ready 1 kg venison, diced
  3. Make ready 150 g smoked lardons or chopped bacon
  4. Prepare 375 ml red wine (I tend to use Côte de Rhône)
  5. Take 125 ml port
  6. Make ready 5 cloves garlic, chopped
  7. Get 4 red onions, in full slices
  8. Make ready 4 carrots, diced
  9. Get 3 sticks celery, largish slices
  10. Get 2 bay leaves
  11. Prepare 2 sprigs thyme
  12. Get 1 tbsp tomato purée
  13. Get 200 g chestnuts, pre-cooked
  14. Make ready 1/2 litre fresh stock, venison stock ideal but can be whatever you have in fridge: foraging begins at home!

There are many versions of venison casserole, a warming winter treat. This one is so simple and the ingredients can be tweaked if wished, e.g. to vary the proportion of vegetables. The wine provides flavour and liquid rather than alcohol (which. Delia's Braised Venison with Bacon, Chestnuts and Wild Mushrooms in a Rich Madeira Sauce recipe.

Steps to make Venison and chestnut casserole:
  1. Prep the ingredients
  2. Preheat oven to Gas Mark 2/150C. My fan oven needs 140C
  3. Heat the butter in a large casserole (I use our old Le Creuset pan) and fry the lardons
  4. Using a slotted spoon, set the lardons aside and fry the diced venison, not too much at a time, and set aside with slotted spoon.
  5. Add the wine and bring to boil, stirring bottom of casserole to release any sediment. Add the port and bring back to boil and keep boiling for one minute.
  6. Add the garlic, onions, celery, carrots and mushrooms. Stir well.
  7. Add the bay leaves, thyme and tomato purée. Give it another quick stir.
  8. Add the stock. You need to just cover the other ingredients so you might need slightly more or less stock.
  9. Once simmering, cover and put in pre-heated oven.
  10. After 1 1/4 hours, remove from oven, stir gently and add the chestnuts.
  11. Return to oven for another hour.
  12. Check for liquidity and add a little more stock or water to prevent drying out. However, if it’s too liquid-y then simply take the lid off for the last 30 minutes or so.
  13. Remove from oven, stir gently, check that the venison is nice and tender.
  14. Taste and add any desired seasoning.
  15. Serve with desired accompaniments. I always have potatoes and choose from red cabbage, Brussels sprouts, parsnips, even more carrots. Any winter vegetables go well with this dish.

This casserole freezes extremely well and fits the bill perfectly at Christmas when you have had enough turkey. Because it's braised slowly, there are lots of lovely flavours and because the sauce, made with rich Madeira, is dark and glossy, this cries out for a pile of creamy, Method. Toss the meat in the flour. Heat the oil in a large, wide saucepan, brown the meat in batches, remove from the pan and set aside. Add the remaining oil and bacon and cook until golden.

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