SMALL Venison Roasts?

I'm not crazy about the smaller roasts. I usually cut the rounds into steaks or have them cubed. The rounds have a bad habit of drying out really quickly, before they are anywhere near done.

Personally, I'd cube up all three and make a big pot of deer stew.

You could cut them into steaks, coat with olive oil and a pepper rub, and grill them hot and fast to med-rare or rare.
To serve them as a roast, brown them and cook them long and slow in a dutch oven with red wine, onions, garlic, and any other seasonings you like. Some like adding onion soup mix. Serve with mashed potatoes or whatever you like. You could add potatoes and carrots toward the end of cooking also.
(good luck hunting

Phil

I don't have any photos of venison steaks handy, but here is a shot of a moose inside round steak. It is lean and cooks a lot like deer.

Slice it about 1/2-3/4" thick, sear it hot and fast and pull it no higher than 130*.

Here's a recipe I've cooked on the egg in a Dutch Oven with good success. (Sorry - no pics) The recipe was found in 'Savoring the Wild', a special publication by Montana Outdoors. The recipe was created by Charles Raymond of the Georgia Game and Fish. One can modify the amounts used based on the size of the roast. I've cooked many roasts in the 1 1/2 to 2 lb. range. Normally, I've used bacon and apple juice - cooking it indirect in the egg in a uncovered dutch oven(just watch the level of the liquid).

VENISON POT ROAST WITH VEGETABLES

3-4 pound venison roast
1/4 c salt pork, cubed, or mild bacon
2 T butter
6 carrots
6 onions
6 potatoes
1 t parsley flakes or 1 T fresh parsley, chopped
1 stalk celery, sliced
1/4 t thyme
1 c tart fruit juice or cider
1 t salt
1/4 t pepper
1-1/2 c hot water
3 T butter or drippings

Lard the roast by inserting cubes of salt pork into small cuts in it. Heat butter in a Dutch oven or deep casserole and brown the meat on all sides. Add hot water, fruit juice, celery, parsley, thyme, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer gently for 3 hour on top of the stove or in the oven at 350 degrees, until meat is tender. If liquid gets too low, add water. About one hour before meal is to be served, add peeled potatoes, carrots, and onions. Add a little additional salt for vegetables. When vegetables are tender, remove them and the meat to a warmed platter. Thicken liquid with 2-3 T flour added to the drippings (or additional butter).

PJ

Chili, Venison, JLockhart29

Been on a dutch oven kick of late. Cooler weather and easy clean up. Working 4:00-16:00 this weekend so not much spair time. Got home and the wife had made a big pot of chilie.


INGREDIENTS:
1 lb deer hamburger rolls
1 lb ground chuck
1 Can Rotel
1 Can Diced tomatoe with onion and garlic
4 Cloves fresh garlic
chilie powder to taste
1 Can Rinsed ranch style beens w/onions




Procedure:
1 I added grated cheese and chopped jalopeños on top.
2 Browned meat and added ingrediants to dutch oven.
3 Uncovered on platesetter with smoke stones under oven for 45 min. at 350-375 with lots of persimmon wood then covered for 30 min.
4 The peppers were the final touch!


Recipe Type
Main Dish, Meat

Recipe Source
Source: BGE Forum, JLockhart, 2008/09/27