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pan-seared venison with blueberries, shallots and red wine
© David Loftus

pan-seared venison with blueberries, shallots and red wine

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It’s not often that I cook a nice bit of venison, but it’s definitely worth a try. I think you’ll be surprised how much you’ll like it – the meat tastes like a well-hung steak and can be very juicy. It goes so well with the fruit in this dish, and is great served with some steamed purple sprouting broccoli. Mashed potato, parsnip or celeriac go well with this too.

Bash up the thyme and juniper berries in a pestle and mortar with a really good pinch of salt and pepper. If you haven’t got a pestle and mortar, use the end of a rolling pin and a metal bowl. Loosen with 2 good lugs of olive oil. Pat the venison dry with some kitchen paper, and rub the oil mixture all over it. Sear the meat in a hot pan on all sides – roughly 6 minutes for medium rare, 7-8 minutes for medium, and you’d have to be a nutter if you wanted to cook it for any longer than that! Depending on the thickness of the meat and the heat of the pan, it may need a little less or more time to cook – so don’t look at the clock, look at the meat. This is the time when you want to try to be instinctive with your meat. Remove it from the pan when it’s cooked to your liking and allow it to rest on a plate for 4 minutes, covered with tinfoil.

Reduce the heat under the pan and add a good lug of oil. Add the shallots and the garlic and fry gently for around 3 minutes until translucent and tender. Turn up the heat again, add the wine, and let it reduce by half. Add the blueberries and simmer slowly for 4 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat, add the butter, and jiggle and shake the pan around so the sauce goes slightly opaque and shiny. Season to taste.

Slice the venison into 2cm/¾ inch slices and serve with steamed purple sprouting broccoli or some other good greens. Add the meat’s resting juices to the sauce and spoon over the venison. Absolutely fantastic.


• from Jamie's Kitchen

ingredients


• 1 small handful of fresh thyme, leaves picked
• 5 dried juniper berries
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• extra virgin olive oil
• 1 x 800g/1¾lb venison loin, trimmed
• 4 shallots, peeled and finely sliced
• 1 clove of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
• 1 glass of robust red wine
• 200g/7oz fresh blueberries
• 2 large knobs of butter

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1. by sean on Tue 22 Nov 2011 @ 20:36

Jamie... love your shows and love your recipes!!<br /> <br /> To Trent Johrns: I'm not sure if you've ever been to Canada, but Winnipeg isn't "the far North", it's in southern Canada (about an hour drive from the US border); and Winnipeg isn't an "aboriginal settlement", it's a city of just under 1 million people. Also, I doubt you have ever seen a moose... because if you hit one with your station wagon... it would have walked away (maybe limped if you were going fast enough), your car would be totalled and you would be dead. A full grown moose can weigh over a ton (so there's no way you lifted it onto the "bonnet" of your car). Also, a pack of wolves has a hard time taking down a moose, so I don't think your little Lab tore into its neck. Rant over.<br /> <br /> Thanks again Jamie, you're awesome!

2. by Trent Johrns on Tue 28 Jul 2009 @ 16:20

During a camping trip in the far north of the Canadian hinterlands with my newlywed wife (who, at the time, was merely a friend), we had this misfortune of striking a young moose with our rental station wagon. Feeling terrible about the whole situation, and disregarding the damage to the front end of the vehicle, we strapped the injured beast to what remained of the "bonnet" and raced desperately against time in search of an animal hospital. Oddly enough, we found one, in what appeared to be some kind of aboriginal settlement called "Winnipeg", and miraculously the moose was still alive as we pulled into the parking lot. However, when we opened the station wagon door, my wife's Labrador Retriever, Rusty, jumped out of the vehicle and let his animal instincts get the better of him, tearing into the wounded moose's neck in a fashion that can only be called inhumane. My wife and I agreed that it would be morally reprehensible to simply dump the carcass in front of the animal hospital, and wished to do something to commemorate the short life of the majestic beast.

Our solution was pan-seared venison recipe (with blueberries, shallots & red wine) from Jamie Oliver's celebrity web recipe site. We locked the bloodied Rusty in the station wagon, and while my wife was skinning and dismembering the moose with a small camping axe, I prepared the fire. I am not certain that the berries we picked were 5 dried juniper berries, nor were they 200g/7oz fresh blueberries, but they seemed to work just fine. We also did not pack any wine with us, though I had a six pack of Budweiser, so we used a can of that. In the end, we were advised by a passing band of natives, when they saw the mutilated carcass, that it was unsafe to consume the meat because we had handled it improperly.

3. by Linda on Tue 03 Mar 2009 @ 20:08

To Anna (no. 14) - I tried this venison and blueberry recipe with mashed potato and the leeks (braised with thyme, wine and a bit garlic - it's two pages before the venison recipe - the one using a cartouche!) in Jamie's Kitchen! I actually used venison steak rather than loin but did not cook it for quite as long, keeping a very close eye on it and turning it constantly so as not to overcook it. It was a delicious meal, even though I say so myself!

4. by Eoin O\'Gorman on Sat 20 Dec 2008 @ 07:56

Jamie!!!!!!
Your an inspiration to us all....!
Keep up the good work.
Eoin and Catherine.Dublin.

5. by Denise Best on Sun 16 Nov 2008 @ 23:11

To Lynn Moore : check out Penzys Spices for any kind of spice you might need - they ship too!

6. by Monica Smith on Sat 28 Jun 2008 @ 15:14

Living in the Texas Hill Country where soil is scarce and temperatures are around 99 dropping to 78 at night we have lots of rosemary and deer. we cannot grow much as deer eat everything except Rosemary and what deer miss the rabbits get. Husband hunts so we live off venison, mostly white tail though black buck is favorite. Unlike chefs and TV cooks we eat cuts other than loin (backstrap). Also have wild pig that makes marvelous goulash. We have pig and deer sausages made locally and they are great.

7. by lynn moore on Wed 25 Jun 2008 @ 15:09

where do you actually buy juniper berries from been shopping today in mansfield got know joy triewd m&s and health shops cranberries blueberries but no junipers???

8. by VLAD KLAIC on Sun 11 May 2008 @ 22:09

HEY JAMIE,
THANX FOR THE RECIEPES THUS FAR, IM REALLY ENJOYING THEM. I WAS HOWEVER WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY RECIEPES THAT HAVE GOOSBERRIES IN IT?
WETHER ITS DESERTS OR MEALS I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS AGAIN MATE.
ALL THE WAY FROM SUNNY SOUTH AFRICA.
(BY THE WAY WHEN YOU COMING DOWN HERE TO SPICE UP OUR KITCHENS????)

9. by MITCHELL FRY on Mon 31 Mar 2008 @ 12:24

HI I AM WANTING TO BECOME A CHEF COULD U BE AS KIND TO SEND ME ANY ADVICE
THANKS

10. by JEANNETTE on Sun 23 Mar 2008 @ 19:44

Living in Dublin not so easy to get venison. I love to cook and try different recipes (all jamie's) My eight year old asked if I fancy Jamie and I said no, but i sure do fancy his passion and taste in food!

Jeannette
Dublin

11. by Debbie on Tue 04 Mar 2008 @ 10:55

Pleeeeeease can someone send me the receipe for Jamie's Shoulder of Lamb recently shown on Channel 4. I can't find it anywhere. Thanks

12. by Brian Cooper on Fri 08 Feb 2008 @ 17:51

hi there, i have always been a lover of great food and i spend on average 5 hours a week looking at different websites for great recipes but none comes close to yours for simplisity and ease.I dont own a microwave or deep fat frier as my kids only eat fresh organic foods.For me there is no where else to look. Could you possibly give more recipes for game meats?

13. by june ballinger on Thu 24 Jan 2008 @ 22:14

im looking for your recipe for slow roasted shoulder of lamb with garlic can anyone send it me please or post it on here thanks

14. by scott on Thu 24 Jan 2008 @ 21:15

hi Jamie i am looking for some thing great to go with filet of venison????

15. by cerrie on Thu 24 Jan 2008 @ 21:13

hi there, i was brought up on venison so im looking for more things to do with it bearing in mind i love mash!!! cheers x

16. by prueba on Mon 17 Sep 2007 @ 13:28

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17. by Anna on Wed 12 Sep 2007 @ 19:34

Tried this recipe last week. I went a little wrong with the sauce (think i added too many berries, used blackberries as well as blueberries and it tasted a little bitter) but miraculously (and i dont know how i did it, think it was more wine) it ended up tasting great. I will just stick to the ingredients you
state in future Jamie, lesson lernt for me!

18. by Alex on Mon 10 Sep 2007 @ 06:49

I'm an 18y/o keen to learn to cook so I can move out. I used this as an experimental meal to try out on my family, having hardly ever stepped foot in the kitchen bar to make pasta. It turned out so fabulously!
Thanks Jamie
x

19. by sam on Sun 09 Sep 2007 @ 23:28

i love the quick and easy way to cook me and my mum has bought every book you have made you have changed the whole uk and helped schools every were so thank you x

20. by Demet on Sun 09 Sep 2007 @ 15:14

I really enjoy cooking and have almost tried your recepies I reckon I am doing good. My favorite one is to cook sun-dried tomotoe pasta with basil that is fantastic.

Demet

21. by Valeria Milushka on Fri 07 Sep 2007 @ 04:59

Hola!
I think your way to show the people how cook is one of the best,the way how you try to make it look easy and simple... even when my english is not the best I can understand you perfectamente when I watch your programa of food,I'm tryng to do my best in food.hehe Thanx .Keep as that.Ciao!
Valeria

22. by sophie on Thu 06 Sep 2007 @ 12:17

hi me and my husband think ur gr8, we want to try eating healthy but with our working hours its difficult.can you send us some quick affordable ricipes,bearing in mind i domt finish wrk untill 8:30pm. many thanks sophie

23. by momo on Wed 29 Aug 2007 @ 12:52

yami yami,

did you allready made your special sauce?

to jamie, nice site, i like it

br
momo

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