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Venison steaks and juniper berries
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OzarkQ
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Well - finally got my first deer, and have the slabs 'o meat sitting in a cooler waiting for foodsavering of loins / grinding misc pieces etc... and I was looking through recipes posted in the past, and found a couple of interesting posts by stike and natureboy - I'm trying to recreate(ish) a dish I had at a French restaurant during our honeymoon where they had venison steaks with a juniper berry / demiglace sauce that was out of this world. Rather than stumbling around the net, I wanted to ask the collective of gastronomes their advice first!
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Can't help you with a recipe, but I did a venison loin this weekend on my BGE and it was fantastic. Injected with apple juice, wrapped it in bacon, cooked indirect over an apple juice drip pan.
Used several mixed rubs.
Very tender and juicy. -
OzarkQ,
I hate when somebody calls me a gnome! Demi-galce is simply a brown sauce (sauce espagnole) mixed with dark veal stock and reduced until it coats a spoon. You would add the juniper berries at the beginning or break them and add them when the volume is reduced by half.
SteveSteve
Caledon, ON
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Need any juniper berries??!! I got 'em........
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Gnome? Uh... is that cooked direct or indirect???
I haven't used juniper berries before so is it pretty potent or do you use a heavy dose? -
OzarkQ,
They have a strong flavour but that is why they are so good with game. Break one and taste it. The flavour will mellow a bit in the sauce.
SteveSteve
Caledon, ON
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The berries I have have a few little white spots on them - is that normal?
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I just bought som a couple of weeks ago and they aren't opened. There is an occasional white spot but not a lot.
They are fairly soft when they're fresh too.
SteveSteve
Caledon, ON
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Cool - do you keep them in the freezer? I've just had them in the pantry...
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I keep them in the spice cupboard. Freezer might not be a bad idea. I have noticed they get a little bit hard after a while. I use them mostly for duck confit, but if I was doing a sauce, I would want them soft.
SteveSteve
Caledon, ON
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me too - bought when I didn't know how many berries was in 3 pounds! Answer: 2 lifetime supplies!Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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