Wild Game
I first made this stew for my friends Joe and Dorrie in Ohio, last season. I called it Portuguese squirrel stew at the time, but I really have no idea whether this qualifies as Portuguese. All I know is that it's damn good.
Charcuterie
Why it's taken me years to post a recipe for sweet Italian sausage is beyond me. I make this sausage all the time, too. Maybe it's just because I thought it too basic for HAGC? Whatever. Here it is, my version of the classic Italian favorite.
Ducks and Geese
This is a venerable dish, one of the great classics of French cuisine. Napoleon could have eaten this, as could Victor Hugo, Camus or Charles de Gaulle. Escoffier certainly ate salmis, and my recipe is based on his.
Recipe
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.
Charcuterie
Hungarians like their paprika. They put it in everything, even salami. I happen to love this salami: Tangy, zippy with paprika and garlic but not overly spicy. Normally this is a pork salami, but I've done it with duck here. Most meats will work.
Venison
I used to hate meatloaf. But I've changed. So here it is, venison meatloaf, the one and only meatloaf recipe on this website. Enjoy!
Recipe
There is a legend among a certain set of pastry chefs about the miraculous qualities of rendered bear fat in pastry. Well, it's true. While these may be pretty classic buttermilk biscuits, they are the flakiest you will ever eat.
Wild Game
Jerky seems so simple, but the difference between good jerky and great jerky is profound. At last, I think I've finally made a great jerky!
Asian
When an authentic Sichuan restaurant opened up near my house, this dish immediately became my favorite: Pork belly, or in this case wild boar belly, braised then sliced thin and stir-fried with onions and black beans. So good, so easy.
Ducks and Geese
Wood ducks are both beautiful and tasty; and if you know much about them, you know they love acorns above all else. So I felt I needed to make a wood duck recipe that highlighted that. Wood duck, with acorn dumplings and a winter salsa.
Recipe
Germany is the land of 1,000 sausages, and this is a good one. Actually, my bockwurst recipe is definitely more German-American than traditional. Here in the US, bockwurst isn't smoked very often, and it is a softish sausage that has cream, eggs, parsley and chives. This recipe works with any meat, but I did it with snow geese.
Wild Game
Last month I hunted tundra swans in Utah, and we ate our bird for Christmas dinner. When I tell people I have hunted and eaten swan I get reactions sunning the gamut from excited interest to full-on horror. Few animals carry the cultural baggage that swans do, and even I am not immune to these mixed feelings.
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