Venison Steaks with Creamed Baby Leeks & Mushrooms
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Total: 45 mins
Succulent flash-fried wild venison minute steaks, served with nutty new potatoes and soft slices of baby leak and button mushroom in a creamy Parmesan sauce.
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749 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 1000g new potatoes
  • 300g baby leeks
  • 300g button mushrooms
  • 2 garlic clove
  • A handful of thyme, leaves only
  • 80g parmesan
  • 1 x 227ml double cream
  • 100g baby leaf spinach
  • 4 wild venison minute steaks
From your kitchen
  • 3 tsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
You'll need
  • Roasting tin
  • Large pan
  • Frying pan
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Preheat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Scrub the new potatoes and slice any larger ones into bite-size chunks. Scatter the potatoes into a roasting tin. Pour over 1 tsp olive oil and add a pinch of salt and pepper. Toss to coat, then slide the potatoes into the oven to roast for 40 mins, turning halfway, till golden brown.

  • 2.

    While the potatoes roast, trim the roots and any dry green parts off the baby leeks. Slice a cross into the top of each leek, open them out rinse to wash out any dirt. Chop the baby leeks into 1cm-thick rounds. Halve the button mushrooms.

  • 3.

    Pour 1 tsp olive oil into a large pan and warm to a medium heat. Add the leeks, mushrooms and a pinch of salt and pepper. Fry for 6-8 mins, stirring occasionally, till softened and golden.

  • 4.

    While the leeks fry, peel and thinly slice the garlic. Pick the thyme leaves. Finely grate the Parmesan.

  • 5.

    Add the garlic and thyme to the leeks. Cook, stirring, for 1 min. Pour in half the pot of double cream and add the Parmesan. Turn the heat down to low and cook on a gentle bubble for 10 mins, stirring occasionally. If the sauce starts to dry out a little too quickly, turn the heat down more and add a splash more cream.

  • 6.

    While the creamed veg simmer, pour 1 tsp olive oil into a frying pan and warm to a high heat. Rub the venison steaks with a pinch of salt and pepper. Fry the steaks in the hot pan for 3 mins on each side for slightly pink and middles. If you like your meat more well cooked, fry for an extra 2 mins on each side. Pop the cooked venison onto a plate, loosely cover with foil and rest for 2-3 mins.

  • 7.

    Stir the baby leaf spinach into the creamed veg to wilt it, then taste and add a pinch more salt or pepper if you think they need it. Divide the potatoes and veg between 2 warm plates. Slice the venison, add it to the plates and serve.

  • Tip

    Keep ahead of the game
    As all of our game is wild, please be aware that your venison steaks may contain traces of shot.

  • Tip

    Cream of the Crop
    You only need half the pot of double cream for this recipe. The extra will keep for a couple of days in the fridge, and is perfect for adding a splash of richness to cups of coffee, or drizzling over bowls of fresh summer berries or fruit salads.

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