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Venison Steaks With Cranberry Sauce Recipe


Venison Steaks With Cranberry Sauce Recipe
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Wild venison, cooked from rare to medium, your preference; served with a lovely combo of fresh vegetables...

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Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2/3 cup chopped shallots (about 6) or white part of green onions
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
  • 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar or red wine vinegar
  • 1 (12-ounce) bag cranberries, picked over
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 4 strips (2 x 1/2-inch each) orange rind
  • 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
  • 3 whole cloves
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 4 (6 to 7 ounces each) boneless venison steaks from leg

Directions
  1. Heat butter in large skillet over low heat.
  2. Add shallot and garlic; cook, stirring frequently, until softened, about 7 minutes.
  3. Add vinegar; cook until evaporated, about 3 minutes.
  4. Add cranberries, sugar, orange rind, vanilla bean and cloves.
  5. Increase heat to medium; cook until sugar melts and berries begin to pop, about 5 minutes.
  6. Add chicken broth; simmer gently for 10 minutes.
  7. Strain through fine-meshed sieve over bowl., pushing on solids to extract as much juice as possible.
  8. Discard solids.
  9. Heat oil in large skillet over high heat.
  10. Add venison; cook 2 to 3 minutes per side until browned on outside and cooked to rare.
  11. Cook 4 to 6 minutes for medium doneness.
  12. Remove venison to serving plates; keep warm.
  13. Pour off fat from skillet.
  14. Add sauce; cook 2 minutes over high heat.
  15. Pour sauce over venison.
  16. Serve with a side Chef's salad with a mild vinaigrette dressing.. beans, potatoes..... delcious!

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Comments


Sounds very good! My husband loves venison. I am always looking for ways to prepare it. I do love the backstrap. It taste just like beef roast, I usually cook it that way with vegs.


This is the kind of food I'd like to see served more at the restaurants.


Nothin like good venison anyway ya fix it{A higher than 5 recipe thanks chef}


Beautiful Dish High 5


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