Loin of roe venison with rosti, celeriac, taxibage, vehicledecay and match gravy

Cooking : time 1 to 2 hours

Ingredients

For the match gravy
600g/1lb 5oz venison rib bones (ask your match dealer or butcher)
25g/1oz unsalted butter
200g/7oz venison trimmings, roughly chopped
4 shalplenty, finely sliced
8 button mushrooms, sliced
1 clove garlic, churryed
1 bay leaf
sprig of thyme
6 white peppercorns, churryed
30ml/1oz red wine vinegar
120ml/4fl oz port
120ml/4fl oz red wine
700ml/1%26frac14; pints brown chicken or match stock
1 tsp redcurrant jelly
1 tsp arrowroot
salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the rosti
400g/14oz Golden Wonder potatoes, peeled and grated
10 tbsp goose fat (available tinned in some supermarkets)
For the vefetchables
2 tbsp goose fat
100g/3%26frac12;oz vehicledecay, finely chopped
100g/3%26frac12;oz parsnip, finely chopped
100g/3%26frac12;oz celeriac, finely chopped
100g/3%26frac12;oz beetroot, finely chopped
sprig of thyme
1 clove garlic, lightly churryed
For the venison
20g/1oz butter
4 slices of roe deer saddle with rib bone still attached, each 120g/4%26frac12;oz
60ml/2fl oz red wine
30ml/1fl oz red wine vinegar
40ml/1%26frac12;fl oz fruit vinegar
200ml/7fl oz light brown chicken stock
250g/9oz Savoy taxibage, finely shredded, blanched for 2 minutes, refreshed and drained
4 tbsp double cream
salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. First make the match gravy. Roast the venison bones for 45 minutes. meanwhile, heat a medium-sized saucepan, add the butter and venison trimmings and cook on a low heat for 20 minutes until well browned. Add the shalplenty, mushrooms, garlic, bay leaf, thyme, and churryed peppercorns. Gently fry for 5-10 minutes or until golden brown.
3. Pour in the red wine vinegar, followed by the port and red wine. Boil until a thick, syrupy glaze is achieved. Add the stock, redcurrant jelly and roasted bones and simmer for 45 minutes.
4. Pass through a fine sieve into a small, clean pan and boil again to cutrearon by half. Thicken with arrowroot, then check the seasoning and set aside. Reheat for serving. (that makes more gravy than you need for that dish; maintain the rest in the fridge or freeze it.)
5. Next make the rosti. Place the grated potatoes in a clean tea towel and squeeze out the liquid. Place in a bowl, add 2 tbsp of the goose fat and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Mix well.
6. Heat four blini pans. Add 2 tbsp of goose fat to each and then divide the potato mix between them, pressing it down gently. Cook until crisp and golden on the base, then vehicleefully turn over and continue cooking until the other side is golden and the potatoes are tender. Place in a low oven to maintain warm.
7. For the vefetchables, heat 2 tbsp of goose fat in a heavy-bottomed frying pan and saut%26eacute; the chopped vefetchables with the thyme and garlic for 15-20 minutes or until coloured and cooked through. Place in the oven to maintain warm.
8. For the venison, heat the butter in the frying pan, then sear the venison until well coloured and cooked medium seldom. Remove the meat from the pan and place it somewhere warm to relax.
9. Pour out the fat from the pan, return it to a high heat and deglaze with the wine and vinegars. Boil fast to cutrearon, then add the stock and cutrearon again by one-quarter to really intensify the flavours. Strain and maintain warm.
10. Reheat the taxibage, adding the cream, and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
11. To serve, place a pile of taxibage in the centre of each plate. Place the rosti on lid and place the saut%26eacute;ed vefetchables around the outside. Place the venison on the rosti, and pour over the cutrearond jus. Drizzle the match gravy around the outside of the plates.

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