Shoulder of venison - how to cook?

[Mobile Chicane]

I've been given two shoulders of venison. Wild roe deer and a fully-grown adult by the size of them.

Any ideas on how to cook these?

I'm thinking take the meat off the bone, cube and casserole it.

Any other ideas?

[Plotloss]

Lard it and then braise in ale.

[sleep envy]

Pot roast

[zollburgers]

Stare at it menacingly for a few hours, then whack it on a BBQ. Works everytime.

[jenpot]

Slowly. Very very slowly. Rest in something yummy... beer, wine, spirits for a few hours, then bang in the oven at about 80 degrees for a day or two. I'm a big fan of vague slow roasting.

[tenex]

Casserole as opposed to roast IMO.
Roe has a very delicate flavour compared to Red therefore beer instead of red wine.
Fruit goes well so add a good spoonful of red currant jelly or similar.

[spikeyhead]

Any idea how old they are?

A young beast wants cooking much quicker than an old one.

[markreilly]

Stew,sausages and burgers(make sure they use lamb fat)

[Mark Benson]

jenpot said:

Slowly. Very very slowly. Rest in something yummy... beer, wine, spirits for a few hours, then bang in the oven at about 80 degrees for a day or two. I'm a big fan of vague slow roasting.

I'd do something like this. Might go to 100 and do it overnight though. Make sure it's well sealed in foil so it doesn't dry out, don't be tempted to uncover the meat at any time during cooking and stick the marinade (red wine, juniper & rosemary or something like) under the meat while it's in the oven.

Cube the other leg and use it for casserole or mince it with something fatty.

[escargot]

sleep envy said:

Pot roast

This.

[tontoro]

Sausages!

[Mobile Chicane]

Thanks all.

I'm going to pot roast one shoulder and cube the one with the bullet hole in it. Apparently it makes great curry, so I'm going to try a roe deer korma.

A local gamekeeper shoots the deer and will sell a whole one skinned and jointed for £75. Anyone in Surrey interested in a 'group buy', please PM.

Though bear in mind it's an 'opportunistic' thing - he doesn't shoot to order, it's more a case of when he's got one, he's got one.

[escargot]

£75 for a whole roe deer

That's fantastic value.

[sleep envy]

Tina - I'm in!

every time I come across a muntjack I've always got the wrong cartridges in the barrels

[Mobile Chicane]

sleep envy said:

Tina - I'm in!

every time I come across a muntjack I've always got the wrong cartridges in the barrels

Deer in the garden here, IYSWIM...

[Mobile Chicane]

Sorry - thicky question:

I've boned one shoulder and chunked all the meat that could be cut into neat chunks.

I'm now left with a mass of 'slithery bits'. It's muscle tissue, but in thin layers and odd shapes.

Do I mince this?

[escargot]

You have my permission.

[Mobile Chicane]

LOL. As opposed to throw it out.

[sleep envy]

is there meat attached to the sinue?

if not just bin it

[Mobile Chicane]

Right - I'm going to have a go at mincing it then making burgers.

The meat's a bit wet because stupidly I rinsed it under the tap to get the congealed blood and stray hairs off.

If the end results are horrible, no problem - it was free.