Venison Cutlets in Almond Crust with Cranberry Sauce Recipe
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Flavors of Germany
Cooking time: About 30 minutes
Total time: 30 to 60 minutes
Preparation time: 15 minutesCooking time: About 30 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Chef's Note
Christmas eve or Christmas day, a roasted goose usually takes pride of place on the German table, though it is sometimes replaced with a roast of Westphalian beef or venison.
Ingredients
Ingredients for 4 servings
- 8 Red Deer cutlets, 50-60 (2 oz.) each
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp. whipping cream
- 250 g (9 oz.) ground Almonds
- 2 tbsp. chopped fresh rosemary
- Salt and black pepper
- 50 g (1/2 cup) flour
- 5 tbsp. butter and oil (half and half)
Sauce
- 100 g (6 tbsp.) red onion
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 50 ml (3 tbsp.) Port
- 400 ml (1 1/2 cups) game stock
- 1 sprig of rosemary
- 3 crushed juniper berries
- A little Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp. cornstarch
- 2 tbsp. red currants
- 1 tbsp. red currant jelly
- Salt and pepper
Vegetables
- 400 g (14 oz.) Brussels sprouts
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 50 g (2 oz.) chopped shallot
- 1 tbsp. finely diced tomato
- 1 tsp. chopped parsley
- Salt, pepper, ground nutmeg
Method
Preparing the venison
- Wash the venison cutlets and pat them dry. Whisk the eggs with the whipped cream. Mix in the ground almonds and chopped rosemary.
- Combine the flour and ground almonds. Season the cutlets with salt and pepper. Dip them into the egg mixture, then into the flour, then coat with the almond mixture.
- Heat the butter and oil in a non-stick pan and fry the cutlets until golden brown. Remove and drain on paper towel. Keep warm.
Preparing the sauce
- Peel and dice the red onion. Sweat in a non-stick pan in the 1 tbsp. hot butter until translucent.
- Add the port and bring to a boil. Add the game stock, then the rosemary sprig, crushed juniper berries and mustard and reduce by half.
- Blend the cornstarch with a little cold water and whisk into the sauce. Strain the sauce.
- Stir the cranberries and cranberry jam into the sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Preparing the Brussel sprouts and finishing
- Remove the outer leaves from the Brussels sprouts and blanch in boiling salted water. Drain on paper towels.
- Heat the butter in a skillet and sweat the shallot until transparent. Add the Brussels sprouts, diced tomato and parsley and stir to coat with the butter. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Serve the venison cutlets with the cranberry sauce and the Brussels sprout leaves. Accompany with Duchess potatoes.
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