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Venison casserole

Published: January 27, 2016 at 8:59 AM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 3 hrs and 30 mins

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This venison and juniper casserole recipe is easy to make and has under 300 calories but delivers all the winter comfort you'd want. Serve with mash

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Ingredients

Nutrition

• olive oil

• 500g venison haunch

  diced

• 2 rashers bacon

  chopped

• 1 onion

  sliced

• 1 celery stick

  finely diced

• 2 cloves garlic

  chopped

• 250ml red wine

• 1 beef stock cube

• a small handful (4-5g) dried wild mushrooms

  chopped

• 1 tbsp cranberry jelly

• 6 juniper berries

  crushed

• 2  thyme sprigs

• chopped to make 1 tsp rosemary leaves

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal284
• fat9.9g
• saturates2.6g
• carbs6.6g
• fibre1.1g
• protein31.2g
• salt1.3g

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Method

• step 1

  Heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a casserole that can be used on the hoband brown the venison in batches. Remove the meat with a slotted spoon when it’s done.

• step 2

  Fry the bacon in the same pan then scoop it out.

• step 3

  Add the onions and celery and fry gently, stirring occasionally, until they begin to soften, then add the garlic and continue cooking until the vegetables begin to colour.

• step 4

  Return the venison and bacon to the pan, add the wine, 250ml water, the crumbled stock cube, mushrooms, cranberry jelly and juniper berries. Strip the leaves from the thyme sprigs and add them too, along with the chopped rosemary. Cook for 3 hours, covered, until the meat is tender and falling apart. Serve with mash.

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