Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Venison Risotto

Yes, you can make risotto with red meat. This venison risotto is a riff of a beef risotto dish from northern Italy. It's essentially a venison rice porridge, loose and rich. Serve it in a bowl.

British

Venison Soup

A recipe for Scotch broth made with venison. It's a venison soup with a great broth, lots of vegetables, meat and barley.

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Venison 101: How to Cook Venison

A comprehensive look at how to cook venison that covers all types of venison and all cuts. Here's a basic breakdown on what to do with your deer meat.

Recipe

Venison and Kidney Pie

A traditional British steak and kidney pie recipe using venison. I use shanks, shoulder or neck here, because the long cooking makes a better filling.

Greek

Greek Venison or Lamb Shanks

This is a traditional Greek lamb shank recipe done with venison shanks; the only difference between the two is venison takes longer to cook.

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Venison Birria

How to make Jalisco-style birria. Birria is a hybrid braise and stew where the broth is as important as the meat, which is venison in this case.

Recipe

Polish Venison Pot Roast

Old school venison pot roast, Eastern European style. Great with venison neck or shoulder.

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Venison Mole Chichilo

Mole, pronounced "mole-ay," is a set of masterful, rich and luxurious sauces from Mexico. There are seven great moles from Oaxaca in the south, and this is one of them. Mole chichilo is actually served with venison there, so I thought I'd recreate the recipe here for you. If you make it, you're in for a treat.

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Dzik, Venison Yucatan

This is a bit like venison barbacoa, but this version, from the Yucatan in southern Mexico, is so zippy it's just as good eaten as a cold salad. Either way, this is an excellent recipe for a front shoulder, neck or roast.

Recipe

Austrian Braised Venison Shanks

When life gives you the shanks from large deer, braise them whole. Cooked slow and low, shanks get so tender no knife is needed. This Austrian recipe is absolutely a keeper, if only for the sauerkraut alone: As you'll see, it's not your normal kraut.

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Venison Barbacoa

Barbacoa is a kind of Mexican barbecue where meats (usually beef) are wrapped in leaves with warming spices and baked in a pit. My version of barbacoa uses venison, but it tastes a lot like the barbacoa you'll get at Chipotle or in regular Mexican restaurants - it's an ideal taco or burrito meat.

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Roast Venison with Bavarian Dumplings

Forget hams and turkeys for Christmas. Roast a leg of venison instead. If you have a whole hind leg of a doe or small deer, this is a perfect recipe for the holidays. It's a lot like roasting a leg of lamb.