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Venison cooked in a spiced salt crust with caramelized chicory
Photo: Gabriel Gurrola

Venison cooked in a spiced salt crust with caramelized chicory

27 ingredients 30 min + 2 hr Serves 2 openrecipes

Venison is very lean and cooking it in a salt crust keeps it beautifully moist. Perfect for a romantic dinner á deux.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1564
Calories
110g
Protein
54g
Fat
149g
Carbs

Counts 18 of 21 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 18 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Beef 100g cooked 250
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Venison 100g cooked 158
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Star Anise not in our table 0
Chicory not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • , for frying olive oil
  • 200g/7oz trimmings from venison
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 2 juniper berries
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns
  • 350ml/12fl oz red wine
  • 100ml/3½fl oz port
  • 1litre/1¾ pint beef stock
  • 10g/⅓oz ground black pepper
  • 10g/⅓oz ground star anise
  • 10g/⅓oz ground cinnamon
  • 10g/⅓oz ground juniper berries
  • 250g/9oz rock salt
  • 1 free-range egg white
  • 200g/7oz plain flour
  • , for frying oil
  • 400g/14oz venison
  • 25g/1oz butter
  • 2 heads red chicory
  • 15g/½oz sugar
  • 1 orange, juice only
  • ½ lemon, juice only
  • 150ml/5fl oz chicken stock
  • few mint

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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