CakeM1x
is Blowin Smoke!
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2012
- Location
- Madison, WI
Got myself a deer this year and was the first one since we bought the house so it gave me the chance to process it myself for once. A friend of mine also gave me one which my brother had processed for tasty venison snacks.But this also meant riggin something up in the garage to hang em to process. Here's my little setup.
It was annoying keeping the meat under 40 degrees since in my garage since it was @40 degrees all week when we got them.
Anyways, decided to try a braised shank for dinner.
The stuff
Giving the shank some color
While that is browning, time to "peel" 4 heads of garlic.
"peeled"
Shank browned and removed, added the garlic, thyme, rosemary, wine, chicken broth, and lemon zest.
Threw the shank back in after the flavors came together and closed the lid
Weather was garbage yesterday and was raining all day. Took the time to get the joe jr up to 300 degrees and went to add the dutch oven and low and behold it didn't fit! Bought this DO because I read on another forum this one fit in the joe jr. Not toooo happy!
Not too happy about that. So I went to plan B and used my gasser instead.
While that was close to being done my wife made a salad to go with it. Romaine, pear, pomegranate, gouda, and crushed pecans with a honey based dressing. Went great with the venison.
Venison pulled and plated with some polenta and pureed leftover sauce. Forgot the couple roasted garlic cloves I pulled aside which tasted great.
My plate
It was pretty tasty and the venison flavor could hold up to the wonderful sauce. Thanks for lookin'!
It was annoying keeping the meat under 40 degrees since in my garage since it was @40 degrees all week when we got them.
Anyways, decided to try a braised shank for dinner.
The stuff
Giving the shank some color
While that is browning, time to "peel" 4 heads of garlic.
"peeled"
Shank browned and removed, added the garlic, thyme, rosemary, wine, chicken broth, and lemon zest.
Threw the shank back in after the flavors came together and closed the lid
Weather was garbage yesterday and was raining all day. Took the time to get the joe jr up to 300 degrees and went to add the dutch oven and low and behold it didn't fit! Bought this DO because I read on another forum this one fit in the joe jr. Not toooo happy!
Not too happy about that. So I went to plan B and used my gasser instead.
While that was close to being done my wife made a salad to go with it. Romaine, pear, pomegranate, gouda, and crushed pecans with a honey based dressing. Went great with the venison.
Venison pulled and plated with some polenta and pureed leftover sauce. Forgot the couple roasted garlic cloves I pulled aside which tasted great.
My plate
It was pretty tasty and the venison flavor could hold up to the wonderful sauce. Thanks for lookin'!
