Don’t be afraid of game!

Wild boar stew with plum and vanilla sauce, potato noodles and salsifies

December 26th, 2017 | main dishes

Time and again I hear: “I have never prepared game, I don’t know whether I can do that.” This concern is nowadays absolutely unfounded. The days of strong smell and taste are long gone. So-called “Haut goût” (French for „high taste“) referred to the very intense, slightly unpleasant smell that arose when the meat was stored too long without proper cooling. Today, in the age of cold stores and freezers, it does not exist any longer. So, get to the wild feast.

Wild boar stew with plums and vanilla

(4 – 6 servings / braising time: 2 hours)

2 onions

1 parsley root

150 g carrots

dice in small squares

3 ts canola oil

1 kg wild boar stew

sear the meat in hot oil in batches

Salt, pepper

season, add the vegetables and sauté

1 ts tomato paste

add, briefly roast

500 ml venison stock

deglaze with stock

1 vanilla bean

scrape out, add pulp and pod to the goulash

2 bay leaves

3 juniper berries

3 cloves

1ts seasoning for game (I prefer „Altes Gewürzamt“)

add spices, cover and allow to simmer for 1.5 to 2 hours

1 – 2 ts cornstarch

solve in a bit of cold water and thicken the sauce to taste

3-4 ts plum jam

season with jam, salt and pepper

AND this is how the wife of the captain does it:

When I use frozen venison, I defrost it overnight in the fridge covered with buttermilk in a sealed container. So the meat stays tender.

As a side dish, I recommend red cabbage or salsifies and homemade potato noodles or dumplings (spaetzle), which I use to have freezed in stock. Then you have just to fry them in butter, season with pepper and nutmeg – done! And, of course, my Vanilla Quince fit perfectly to the wild pig stew.

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Schupfnudeln means potato noodles. Here they are served with minced meat, apples and a horseradish-dip.

October 25th, 2018 | main dishes

Schupfnudeln – Autumn Soulfood

“Schupfnudeln” is a typical German dish. We talk about fingershaped dumplings made of potoatoes. This recipe combines these dumplings with minced meat and apples – very simple. But often the simple dishes are the most popular ones. Especially with children. Same with our stir-fried Schupfnudeln with apples. Our son and daughter have been crazy about this dish since childhood. Apple and horseradish anyhow are a perfect pair, endive salad as a vegetable and a quick horseradish dip provide the freshness kick.