lovetohunt
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I slice/chunk deer loin up then flour it and the fry it. I eat it until I am full, then throw the remainder in a crackpot with stewed tomatos and sauteed onions. Let that cook for a few hours and then serve over mashed potatoes.
If you really want something a little different & great tasting, especially if you want to impress someone, try this: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Sauteed-Veal-with-Shrimp-Mushroom-and-Brandy-Cream-Sauce-106115 Just sub in venison loin for veal. Not a simple recipe but one that will get you applause... I guaranteeee...
Another classic is,
Make the rub by 1/3 1/3 1/3
1/3 coffee grounds (fresh)
1/3 kosher salt
1/3 of your favorite seasoning (I use Montreal steak seasoning, so I cut the salt back a bit as the seasoning has salt in it)
Take loin, roast or ham round, trim all silver skin and fat, rub down lightly with olive oil. Coat blended rub on preferred cut of meat. Once coat let rest for 20 minutes and get a skillet hot with a couple splashes of cooking oil. Get oil hot, sear meat till it is crusted well all the way around. Have the oven preheat to 350, and put meat in glass baking dish. Cook for 35 minutes at 350, finish the lat 5 minutes at 400. It is delicious.
Gonna try this one, maybe this weekend!
Nanny, I have to say, I'm suspect of this one... coffee grounds?? Doesn't sound good to me, but I'll take your word for it.
I do a lot of venison pastrami and slice it up and vacuum seal it. Can make Rubens that are AWESOME or just a sandwich.
Also i will can quite a bit again this year if I get one. My 3 year old was begging me to eat both. I already got a confused look from her also when I didn't bring home a doe on my first bow hunt. She really wants more deer and that's awesome.
http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/2009/02/venison-pastrami.html
I omit the juniper berries because they're kind of a pain to get around here and I also skip the bay leaves because I can't find the powder and don't want to grind any. This looks like a lot of work but it's worth it.
I take a roast and chunk it up small enough so the cure can penetrate it. I also flip it for about 4-5 days then give a quick wash. If you don't wash it well enough it will be salty as heck so don't skip that part.
It's so good that I usually do at least one if not two deer worth of it each year. If you don't have a smoker you can just make a foil smoke pack to add that flavor then finish cooking it. In my smoker it cooks pretty darn fast being its so lean. Good luck.
We used to have the most trouble figuring out what to do with the front shoulders. Now we do this everytime: keep the entire shoulder whole and place it in a large tin baking pan. Meanwhile chop carrots, leeks, onions and panfry until tender. Add mushrooms and garlic to panfried veggies for a few minutes. Transfer veggies to tin pan with the shoulder. Add some whole small potatoes. Add a bottle of red wine, cans of chicken stock, beef stock and vegetable stock. Cook at 275-300 for around 5 hours in the oven. All of the tendons and other tough parts in the front shoulder just melt away. I'm going from memory and I could be forgetting something we do but you get the idea, doesn't have to be specific.
Put roast in slow cooker with Envelope of Italian seasonings and envelope of Au-jus brown gravy mix a cup of water cook until you can shred with a fork. Basically Italian beef recipe but works outstanding with venison as well
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