Game Casserole with Gherkins, Mustard and White Wine
Game Casserole with Gherkins, Mustard and White Wine
Serves 4-6
This recipe was devised today by me and was served with new potatoes and carrots from our vegetable patch and brussels sprouts. We were delighted with how this one turned out!
The game was a mixture of venison, partridge, pheasant and duck.
We love game and now that Autumn is here and the season for game has started
and I am trying out a range of new dishes.
This dish will serve 6 with plenty of accompanying vegetables - we chose brussels sprouts, carrots
and new potatoes, first time and second with mashed potato.
Ingredients
750g pack of mixed game (you could use venison fillets, pheasant breasts etc)
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
Large Knob butter
6 - 8 banana shallots, peeled and sliced
A generous glass of white wine (I also added a large splash of sherry the second time - tasted great!)
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (mine were slightly heaped - do NOT be tempted to use flavoured mustards with this dish)
One chicken stock cube
6 good sized pickled gherkins, rinsed and sliced diagonally and thinly
Some mixed herbs (I used Herbes de Provence and Italian Mixed Herbs on another occasion)
2 - 4 tablespoons of Crème Fraîche or Sour Cream
Top with a small handful of chopped fresh parsley
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU DO....