Thank you to Greenmule for mentioning good dressing practices, because even the best recipe in the world cant cover up spoiled meat.
As promised hHere are a few of the best.
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Venison Pot Roast
required:
venison roast about 4lb or so
1/4cup mild bacon (or salt pork)
3tbsp butter
1 cups hot water
1cup cider or fruit juice
1 tsp parsley
1/4 tsp thyme
2 tbsp flour
salt and pepper to taste
stalk of celery, sliced onions, carrots, potatoes
make small cuts or pockets in the roast, and fill with bacon or salt pork. in a dutch oven is best or deep cassorole dish, brown the meat on all sides in the butter. Add hot water, cider, and spices. Cover and simmer for about 3 hours in oven at 350. after 2 hours add the veggies.
when the veggies are tender and cooked, if to liquidy thicken with flour.
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Or try Venison Stroganoff in your cast irons
1.5lbs venison round steak
1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1 cup diced onion
Can of drained sliced mushrooms
10 oz can beef bouillion
1 tsp salt
1 tsp worchestershire sauce
1 tsp soya sauce
1 cup sour cream
6 cups cooked egg noodles
Cut meat into very thin strips, dip in flour until coated. In a large skillet, brown the meat in butter then remove it. Cook and stir onions and mushrooms in butter . Stir in the meat and everything but the sour cream and noodles. Cover and simmer 45 to an hour until tender. mix sour cream and serve with noodles.
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Deer scraps sausage
This is good for the lesser cuts of deer or elk and moose too.
5 lbs meat cut into 2" chunks
1 lb beef or mutton suet
1 onion quartered
1 cup quick cook oatmeal
3 tbsp cinnamon
4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste about 2 tbsp each
Put meat and suet into pot with about 4" of water and simmer for 2 hours. while the meat simmers, cook the onion in about 3 cups water.
Grind the meat, suet and onion alot (use a meat grinder if you have one). Add the oatmeal to the onion water, simmer for about 5 mins, and add it to the meat. Let it cool enough to handle, then knead in the spices. While this is still warm, pack into cake or bread pans, cover and age in the fridge overnight. Cut into meal sized bricks and wrap well in foil or freezer wrap.
When ready to eat lightly grease a hot skillet and drop it in, Great with hash browns and honey .
Enjoy but none of these hold a candle to a simple peppered deer steak on the bbq with a nice slice of melted swiss.
