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Tender Venison Saddle with Chanterelle Mushrooms and Crispy Potato Noodles

Ingredients (Serves 4)
  • Cooked and cooled potatoes: 300 g
  • Egg yolk: 1
  • Flour: 100 g
  • Boneless venison saddle: 600 g
  • Red wine: 1/8 liter
  • Jarred lingonberries: 1 tablespoon
  • Reduced game stock: 1/2 liter
  • Beurre manié (25 g butter kneaded with 25 g flour)
  • Butter: 150 g
  • Sweetened fresh cream: 125 g
  • Fresh chanterelles: 250 g
  • Salt, pepper: to taste
Preparation time: 50 minutes

Pass the cooked potatoes through a food mill and mix with the egg yolk and flour to form a stiff dough. Add a bit more flour if the potatoes are very watery.

Trim the venison saddle, season with salt and pepper, and sear on all sides in a hot skillet until golden.

Remove the meat and deglaze the pan juices with red wine. Add the lingonberries and reduced game stock, bring to a boil, and thicken with the beurre manié. Stir in the sweetened cream and finish by whisking in 50 g of butter for a silky sauce.

Clean, wash, and dry the chanterelles. Sauté them in 50 g of butter until they release their moisture, then season with salt and pepper.

Shape the potato dough into small rolled noodles and poach in salted boiling water for about 5 minutes until they float.

Slice the venison saddle thinly and arrange in a fan on warm plates. Spoon over the chanterelles and sauce. Fry the potato noodles in the remaining butter until crispy and serve alongside.

Tender Venison Saddle with Chanterelle Mushrooms and Crispy Potato Noodles

Source: The New Kitchen for All Seasons.