Venison and Chocolate Casserole
photo by fendad
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 800 g diced venison (If You Can’t Get Enough Venison You Can Substitute Part of it with Lean Beef)
- 2 medium red onions (Thinly Sliced)
- 5 tablespoons plain flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon dried sage
- 1 pinch salt and pepper
- 0.5 (285 g) jar red currant jelly
- 1 glass port wine
- 1 beef stock cube
- 350 ml boiling water
- 2 -3 tablespoons olive oil (for frying)
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 50 g dark chocolate
directions
- Turn on and heat the oven at 180C (360F Gas 4).
- Fry the onions in a frying pan with a tablespoon of oil and the Worcestershire sauce until soft and translucent then set aside in your casserole dish.
- Mix the flour, salt and pepper, garlic salt and sage in a bowl and coat the meat a few pieces at a time.
- Gently fry the meat on a medium heat with some more olive oil till brown on each side. Do not “crowd” the pan (I usually only do 5 or 6 pieces of meat at a time).
- Add the browned meat to the onions in your casserole dish and give it a good stir to mix the meat and onions up.
- When you have floured and browned all the meat you will have a little of the seasoned flour left over, put this to one side as you will need it later.
- Put the fry pan back on the heat and add to it the glass of port then turn down the heat so the port does not boil.
- Once the port is warm add the redcurrant jelly and the chocolate and continue to heat gently until both are melted.
- Put the stock cube and the left over flour in a jug and add the boiling water stirring until you have a smooth paste, then add this to the port and heat gently stirring until you have a rich smooth sauce.
- Add your sauce to the casserole dish and mix well then cover with a lid and place in the oven on the middle shelf for 20 minutes.
- Remove and stir then return to the oven turning the temperature down to 160.
- Cook for around 1 ½ hours or until the meat is tender.
- If the gravy/sauce needs thickening put a spoonful of corn flour in a jug and add a few spoonful’s of the sauce stirring to a paste then add to the casserole mixing well return to the oven for a few minutes and give it another stir before serving.
- Serve with steamed veg and your choice of potatoes or crusty bread.
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