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Venison stew

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Austria

The dish is a hearty classic for cold days, which can be adapted to suit your mood.

Johanna Friedl & Family, Hotel Brücklwirt, Niklasdorf, Austria

Ingredients (4 servings)
800 g Shoulder of venison
2 piece(s) Onions or an equivalent amount of shallots
300 g Root vegetables (celery, carrots, parsley root)
1 tablespoon(s) Tomato paste
¼ Red wine
¼ Port wine
2 l Vegetable stock
3 Bay leaves
½ tablespoon(s) Coriander
½ tablespoon(s) Juniper berries
1 piece(s) Star anise
Salt
Pepper
½ tablespoon(s) Mayoram
Cooking oil
1 teaspoon(s) Corn starch
  • Dice the vegetables (approx. 3 cm) and sautee in a little oil.

  • Cut the meat into cubes (approx. 4 cm) and sautee separately.

  • Add the tomato purée, bay leaf, juniper, pepper and star anise to the venison, continue to sautee briefly before extinguising with the red wine.

  • Reduce the wine completely; add the port and pour in the vegetable stock. Slowly simmer together with the vegetables over low heat until soft (approx. 90 minutes).

  • Scoop out the meat and vegetables from the stew.

  • Thicken the stew with starch and season with salt and mayonnaise.

Variants:

  • The sauce can be refined with approx. 2 tbsp  of cranberries.

  • A piece of dark chocolate can als be added – the stew can no longer be brought to a boil however.

  • Seasonal mushrooms can also be added to the root vegetables.

  • Recommended side dish: fried bread dumplings


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