Venison is often overlooked in the barbecue season, but venison sausages, steak or delicious slow-smoked shoulder can be tasty choices and muntjac makes exceptional venison burgers. The venison chops I…
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Venison shanks recipe
Now that the start of the roebuck season is here, I wanted to take the opportunity to share possibly my favourite venison shanks recipe. It’s one that fits firmly in…
A recipe for freshly-caught home-smoked mackerel
Smoked mackerel recipe Wild food is wild food and you don’t get much wilder than a summer mackerel straight off the hook. Mackerel is an oily fish and its quality…
A recipe for pulled venison nachos
Delicious venison snack recipe By now, you may have gathered that most of my recipes tend to be fast food or snack-style dishes and this one is no exception. It…
Partridge goujons – so delicious the kids will fight over them
This partridge goujons recipe isn’t going to win you a prize for originality but there’s a reason it’s so popular. It’s undeniably one of the fastest and tastiest ways you…
Jamaican jerk pheasant recipe
I have always cooked some nice Caribbean foods, but jerk chicken, rice and peas is one of my top meals. This got me thinking about a Jamaican jerk pheasant recipe.…
Recipe for pulled wild boar
Over the past few years, pulled pork has been massively on-trend. Some food outlets do it better than others, of course, but the whole American barbecue idea really became fashionable…
Coconut rabbit curry recipe
I love a good curry, especially a nice aromatic coconut one. I have written a handful of rabbit recipes over the past year, but this rabbit curry recipe is a…
The essential recipe for a venison cheesesteak sandwich
I will always remember my first proper cheesesteak sandwich. It wasn’t in Philadelphia, however, it was in New York, which is close enough. I have always been a big lover…
A recipe for salt baked rabbit
A very good way of cooking rabbit This was an experiment that surprisingly turned out to be a very good way of cooking rabbit. Traditionally, salt-baking is used for meat…
Wood pigeon breasts with apricot and feta
A wood pigeon recipe bursting with flavour I wanted to make use of the barbecue one last time this summer with something quick and easy for lunch. I had some…
Bacon-wrapped venison parcels – a perfect dinner party recipe
These bacon-wrapped venison parcels probably make my all-time favourite venison recipe — it’s a great one to keep up your sleeve for a small dinner party. I know I always…
Recipe for grouse carpaccio
I must admit although I thoroughly enjoy eating and cooking grouse I have never had the privilege to shoot one (here in the UK anyway) on a traditional driven grouse…
Venison sausage and egg muffin recipe
Breakfast is often described as the most important meal of the day and Cai ap Bryn's venison and sausage muffin really does it justice.
A recipe for venison burgers
Everyone loves burgers and venison makes excellent ones, whichever deer species you use. For a long time I struggled to find a really good recipe for venison burgers; the result…
Piri-piri pheasant recipe
At the end of the season I like to make preparations for the freezer. I breast a lot of birds, take out the thighs and freeze a few birds whole.…
A recipe for bruschetta using pigeon breasts
A recipe for bruschetta that uses delicious and delicate pigeon breasts
Sticky Asian wild boar ribs
If by some turn of unfortunate events, I were to eat my last meal tomorrow and I had a choice of what to have, I would most likely go for sticky Asian…
Venison tortillas
Barbacoa is perfectly suited to venison as it really enhances the flavour of the meat. This recipe uses a shoulder of venison for “low and slow” style cooking. The meat…
An easy recipe for pheasant katsu curry
This recipe for tandoori pheasant with lemongrass and ginger rice is a fresh way of cooking pheasant that will help you work your way through a freezer full of game