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🍽️ Tender Venison Loin with Homemade Spätzle
992 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 2 kg Venison Loin
- 1 tsp Juniper Berries
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1 Carrot
- 1 Onion
- 4 tbsp Oil
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 400 ml Game Stock (from the jar)
- 0.125 l Red Wine
- 200 g Crème fraîche
- 500 g Flour
- 4 Eggs
- 2 tbsp Butter
Instructions
- 1. Whisk flour, eggs, one teaspoon of salt, and 125 milliliters of lukewarm water in a bowl. Stir until you have a smooth, homogeneous batter.
- 2. Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- 3. Crush the juniper berries in a mortar.
- 4. Rub the venison loin generously with salt, pepper, and the crushed juniper berries.
- 5. Peel the carrot and cut it into coarse cubes.
- 6. Peel the onion and cut it into quarters.
- 7. Heat oil and butter in a large casserole dish.
- 8. Sear the venison loin with the meat side down.
- 9. After five minutes, sear the meat on the other side.
- 10. Add the prepared vegetables to the casserole dish.
- 11. Deglaze the meat with game stock and wine.
- 12. Place the lid on the casserole dish and braise the meat in the oven for 40 minutes.
- 13. Baste the meat repeatedly with the pan juices from the pot during the cooking time.
- 14. Bring three liters of salted water to a boil in a large pot.
- 15. Press the spätzle batter through a spätzle press directly into the boiling water.
- 16. Remove the spätzles with a slotted spoon as soon as they float to the surface.
- 17. Let the spätzles drain and place them on a pre-warmed plate.
- 18. Remove the venison loin from the casserole dish and set it aside.
- 19. Strain the pan sauce through a fine mesh sieve.
- 20. Bring the strained sauce to a boil in a saucepan.
- 21. Stir crème fraîche into the boiling sauce.
- 22. Melt two tablespoons of butter in a frying pan.
- 23. Toss the spätzles in the hot butter.
- 24. Carefully separate the venison fillet from the bone.
- 25. Slice the meat diagonally.
- 26. Mix the parsley with the mushrooms.
- 27. Serve the meat and spätzles together with red cabbage.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 992
- Protein: 89 g · Fett/Fat: 40 g · Carbs: 65 g