deer with autumn fruit and port sauce
ingredients - info
dried figs
red Port
chicory
butter
salt and pepper
granulated sugar
fresh figs
vanilla sugar
cinnamon powder
red wine
game stock
onion powder
garlic powder
The bed of fig puree: Soak the dried figs in lukewarm port for
half an hour. Drain half of the soaking liquid, but mix the figs
with the rest of it until firm.
Chicory: cut the chicory stumps in half and fry them in a pan
with butter. Season with salt and pepper. When they are
almost done, dust the cut surface with a pinch of sugar. Leave
to caramelize with the cut surface at the bottom of the pan.
The fresh figs: cut the figs in half. Let some butter fizzle in a
pan and dust with vanilla sugar and cinnamon powder. Stir
until cinnamon, butter and sugar are well mixed. Briefly fry the
figs so that they have a nice color. Be careful to take them out
of the pan in time because they must remain firm.
Port sauce: put the preserved Port in a saucepan.
Supplement with the same amount of red wine and wild
mushrooms. Season with pepper, salt, onion powder and
garlic powder. And optional, if you have it, truffle powder. Also
add a bouquet garni of thyme and sage leaves. Reduce by
half, remove the bouquet garni and thicken the sauce if
desired.
Deep fried sage: put a little olive oil in a saucepan. Let it get
well hot. Carefully place the sage leaves in it and let it fry for
one minute on each side. Take them out and let them drain on
kitchen paper. Put a few turns from the salt mill over the sage
leaves.
Blueberry jelly: bring a handful of blueberries to the boil with
a few tablespoons of granulated sugar. Let it boil for fifteen
minutes. Now add a sachet of agaragar. Let it boil for another
2 minutes. Pour the preparation into a square glass dish and
let it cool completely. Put the dish in the refrigerator until use.
Pour the jelly on a plate. Stick out circles with a small ring.
truffle powder (optional)
thyme
sage
olive oil
coarse-grained salt
blueberries
agaragar
deer steaks or fillets
blackberries
raspberries
currants twigs
icing sugar
potato croquettes