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Venison Recipes
Gamekeepers pie with haunch of venison
With less fat and cholesterol than beef but more iron, venison can be used as a substitute for beef and is a very versatile ingredient. A lack of fat can make it a tricky game meat to cook, but follow these venison recipes and you’ll have a deliciously juicy red meat to serve that is much healthier than similar meats.
In addition, venison generally has a better provenance than beef, particularly if you shoot it yourself.
Today venison is freely available in butchers and supermarkets but in the past this wild meat was only available to landowners who hunted it on their estates.
Health benefits of venison
- High Omega 3 levels
- Low cholesterol
- No antibiotics
- Low fat
Venison is becoming increasingly popular and sales of the meat are up. It is of course perfect for those following the ‘Paleo’ diet.
When cooking venison always remember to rest it for 5-10 minutes to encourage the juices to run through.
Our recipes offer plenty of different ways to serve this versatile meat. Many people just think of roast venison, but there is much more to cooking it than that. You can use venison on skewers on a barbecue, or create a venison curry or use venison mince for burgers or lasagne. It’s also wonderful in a terrine, a stir fry or a venison pie.
Venison is lean, so you need to be careful not to overcook it. Searing is generally recommended.
Browse through our venison recipes below for inspiration.
Venison and wild mushroom stuffed squash
Venison mince. I am a terror for saving little packs of venison mince for a rainy day. I pop them in the freezer and then forget about them. It was…
A recipe for venison biltong
Venison is the perfect ingredient for making this field snack of venison biltong from South Africa. The lean, long grain strands of haunch lend themselves to the cured, bendy brittleness…
Wild boar and venison koftas
I’d only been working for the Daily Express for a month back in 1998 when an editor called asking me to go on a wild boar hunt. Not a shoot,…
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…
Braised lentils with duck and venison
My mother was a cook ahead of her time. I must have been a teenager, some 40 years ago, when she made a dish of French Puy lentils for lunch.…
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.
Recipe for tray baked venison sausages with marmalade and bay
Venison is rich in protein, low in fat and cholesterol. It’s also high in nutrients. So it’s pretty much a super food. It’s a popular choice to serve in restaurants…
How to make biltong
One of the few advantages of the lockdown has been that many outstanding projects have finally been completed. One of these was to build a permanent drying box to make…
Venison Khingal
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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…
A recipe for venison biryani to make in a slow cooker
I once toured the basmati fields of Haryana Province, north of Delhi. Basmati is, to me, the world’s finest rice, with a long needle-like shape and heavenly fragrance. In India,…
Grilled venison on skewers – a healthy and light recipe
I have recently discovered a new ingredient, pul biber, which has the perfect balance of chilli and spice. Originating in Turkey, along with the kebab, it has a fruity, rich…
Recipe for venison chilli con carne
Recipe for venison chilli con carne Ingredients 4 tbsp duck fat or beef dripping 2 onions, thinly sliced 6 cloves of garlic, chopped 1kg venison mince 1 tbsp concentrated tomato…
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Which deer species offers the most delicious venison?
Which is the most delicious venison? Muntjac We kicked off the tasting with the smallest species. After the first bite Nick and I were both wondering if we’d tried the…
Roasted shoulder of venison recipe for Easter
Recipe for roast shoulder of venison Ingredients 1.2 kg shoulder venison 1 bottle good red wine 275 ml game stock 4 tbsp olive oil Mixed peppercorns Juniper berries 6 large baking potatoes 100 grams butter 1…
Recipe for deer liver with wild garlic and a fried egg
Super-fresh liver is among the sweetest, most irresistible pieces of meat you are ever likely to encounter. Leave it to go stale, though, and within 48 hours it will be…
Recipe for venison pie
Here’s a venison pie recipe from Neil Molyneux, the head chef at the Museum Inn, Farnham, Dorset who used venison from the local Rushmore Estate. Making the most of Dorset’s…
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…