May 2011
Harz young deer fillet with a shallot mustard crust
celery puree / apple croquettes / carrots


Season the deer fillet with a little wild spice seasoning.
Heat the butter in an oven proof pan until it begins to foam. Saute the rosemary and thyme and then add the venison and sear on both sides and bake in preheated oven. Cook until required and allow it to rest for 10 minutes with the shallot-mustard crust to brown au gratin before carving.

Shallot-mustard crust
Beat 100g of butter with a kitchen mixer until creamy. Add the finely diced shallots, salt, pepper, chopped thyme, coarse mustard and some German Riesling wine which has been reduced a bit. Add more wine to taste and some fine bread crumbs for binding.

Celey puree
Peel and dice 1 celery stick and blanch in boiling salted water for about 5 min and drain. Add the butter in a pan and gently saute the celery, add 300ml cream and cover the pan and allow it to simmer for 10 minutes. Then season with a little salt, nutmeg and lemon juice.

Apple croquettes / apple chutney
Boil 500g floury potatoes with the skin still on in boiling salted water until cooked. Place them into an oven for 10 minutes so that any water can evaporate. Peel potatoes and press through a potato ricer add 100g flour, 2 egg yolks, nutmeg and salt to taste. Shape into croquette and fill with the apple chutney, and fry in hot fat.

Apple chutney
Caramelized about 80g sugar in a pan and than add 400g peeled apple cubes, 150ml Gewürztraminer wine and 150ml apple juice, 1 vanilla pod, 20ml apple cider vinegar, salt lightly with sea salt. Allow this to cook until all the liquid has gone, and at the end add a pinch of tumeric.

Baby carrots
Wash 12 pieces of carrots, peel but leave a little green on. Heat the butter in a pan until it foamsand than add the carrots, a little vanilla, sugar, nutmeg and salt. Deglaze with white wine and broth and add some thyme in the last third of cooking time.

Ingredients

For 4 people you need:
600g young deer fillet
500g floury potatoes
shallots
celery
12 small carrots
100g butter
100g breadcrumbs
100g flour
80g sugar
2 egg yolk
coarse mustard
100ml Riesling wine
150ml Gew?rztraminer
150ml apple juice
20ml apple cider vinegar
vanilla pod
lemon juice
nutmeg
rosemary
thyme
tumeric
wild spices
salt
pepper

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