Butterflied Haunch of Venison (+Others!)

A few weeks back I bought half a venison from Butchery at Bowhouse for £40 and have been slowly working my way through it. Next up was Butterflied Haunch of Venison.

The Meat:

Here is the rolled haunch – labelled as £18.

The Prep:

Unrolled and cut to try and level the meat out to a similar thickness. Rapeseed oil, rosemary, garlic and salt.

The Cook:

I used the Napoleon Prestige Pro 825 for this one again as I wanted to cook a lot of side dishes and this grill is massive!

Green beans, asparagus, sweetcorn, mushrooms and dauphinoise potatoes on with the venison.

I cooked the venison direct over the heat and just kept flipping it every 10 minutes or so. What a great colour!

Sliced, nice and pink.

Sweetcorn, asparagus and green beans came out well.

Dauphinoise potatoes could have done with a bit more cheese I think, it tasted nice though!

Time to Serve:

All onto the tray so the family can serve themselves.

Time to Eat:

My dinner all plated up, I was looking forward to this.

Another great roast dinner on the big gas grill, so much space it makes it an easy cook.

Steak and Chips (Rib Eye):

Following the Monday night = steak night theme, next up was Rib Eye Steaks from the Butchery at Bowhouse.

Cooked on the Thuros T1 steak machine again.

Few minutes cooked direct each side then off to rest. Nice and pink.

This was a great quality steak, one of the best rib eyes I have eaten in a while. So tasty!

Chorizo, goats cheese and cumin borek:

Another recipe from Simply. Quite an easy one to prepare with pre bought pastry. You blitz the chorizo in a food processor and add the other ingredients then layer pastry, filling, pastry etc.

It looked and smelt fantastic!

My goodness, the taste was awesome!

Served with Pear, Chickpea and Green Leaf Salad from the same book

This was also really tasty and worked well with the borek.

I really enjoyed this meal and the leftovers the next day. A simple one to cook but I definitely recommend it!

Goat Schnitzel:

I bought some goat chops from Cabrito Goat and when I saw the Goat Schnitzel recipe I had to make it!

Goat chops bashed flat with a rolling pin:

Breaded

Oil and butter

Shallow fried for a few minutes each side

Nice colour

They came out so well!

Close up

I had schnitzel in Germany last time I visited and really enjoyed it, these were equally as good.

Detroit Pizza:

I followed the Ooni recipe for this one. It was a bit of a rush on the day so I couldn’t leave the dough as long as I wanted to.

Fired up the Ooni Pro with Ash from Smokey Oak Barbecues.

Part baked the base. A good tip I got afterwards was to warm up the pan on top of the Ooni as it heated up to help brown the base and to put it on top after.

My cheese burnt a bit, I would cover it with foil next time. Maybe a bit less sauce looking at this one too!

I do love a Detroit pizza, such a substantial eat. Mine aren’t perfect by any means, I still have a lot to learn to improve them but I will keep trying!

Orange and Leek Loukaniko Greek Sausages:

Everyone loves a sausage and this was another recipe I had to try.

Goat Shoulder

Flipped over

Cubed

Minced then into the sausage machine

Onto the KJ to cook

Lovely!

This took me all afternoon to prepare and cook,I was shattered afterwards but it was good fun and they were nice sausages!