“Venison should be cooked at a moderate temperature and served medium rare so that the meat doesn’t dry out. The gratin can be made a day or two in advance.”
Shane Osborn: Roast venison with swede and potato gratin infused with pine nuts
Australian Gourmet Traveller French recipe for roast venison with swede and potato gratin infused with pine nuts by Shane Osborn.
- 20 mins preparation
- 2 hrs cooking plus standing, resting
- Serves 8
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Ingredients
- 50 gm butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 pieces venison strip loin (750gm each), trimmed of sinew
Swede and potato gratin
- 120 gm (¾ cup) pine nuts
- 500 ml (2 cups) milk
- 100 ml heavy cream (45% milk fat)
- 6 garlic cloves, bruised
- 2 sprigs each of thyme and rosemary
- 3 large (1.3kg) sebago potatoes, thinly sliced on a mandolin
- 3 large (1.2kg) swedes, thinly sliced on a mandolin
- For greasing: butter
Method
Main
- 1For swede and potato gratin, preheat oven to 180C. Scatter pine nuts evenly over a baking tray and roast until golden (4-5 minutes). Combine one-third of pine nuts with milk, cream, garlic and herbs in a large saucepan and cook over a very low heat until infused (20 minutes). Remove from heat, cover and stand for 30 minutes, then strain (discard solids). Place alternate layers of potato, swede and cream mixture in a buttered 2.5-litre-capacity ovenproof dish, seasoning to taste as you go and finishing with a layer of cream mixture. Cover with foil, bake until cooked through (1½-2 hours). Remove foil, cook until gratin is golden and liquid has evaporated (20-30 minutes). Set aside to rest for 20 minutes and keep warm.
- 2Heat a large ovenproof frying pan over medium-high heat, add butter and oil, and when foaming add venison, season to taste, cook until golden, turning once (1-2 minutes each side). Transfer to oven, roast to medium-rare (3-5 minutes), cover and rest 10 minutes.
- 3Thickly slice venison, season to taste, scatter with remaining pine nuts and serve with swede and potato gratin.
Notes
This recipe is from the July 2009 issue of .
Drink Suggestion: Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Drink suggestion by Max Allen