TIMMMAAY

July 1st, 2014 at 10:47 AM ^

Roadkill Ragout

Ingredients

1 cup olive oil
1 cup flour
Salt
Pepper
3 osso buco (veal shank), center cut, 1 1/2" thick
2 rabbits, quartered
2 lb. venison leg, 2" cubes
2 lb. hot Italian sausage links
16 meatballs
1 large Spanish onion, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 celery stalks, diced
2 tbsp garlic, minced
1 tbsp red pepper flakes
1 qt. red wine
1 bunch rosemary
1 bunch thyme
1 bunch sage
2 #10 cans (approx. 6 qt.) plum tomatoes
The Meatballs

Preparation

In a large stockpot with a thick bottom, heat the olive oil to a point when the oil starts to smoke.

Season flour with salt and pepper. Flour the osso buco, rabbit, and venison.

Brown each piece on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. Remove from oil and set aside. Brown the sausage and meatballs for about 2 minutes. Remove from oil and set aside. Add the onions, carrots, celery, garlic, and pepper flakes. Saut6 for 5 to 7 minutes or until brown. To this add the wine, herbs, tomatoes, and all of the meats and their juices. Reduce heat to simmer and cook for 41/2 hours. With a slotted spoon, remove all meat and bones. Remove meat from bones. Set aside. Return bones to sauce and reduce at high heat for about 1/2 hour. Skin all fat from the top of sauce. Strain sauce through a sieve and puree with stick blender. Return meat to sauce and season with salt and pepper. When polenta is arranged on table, ladle just enough sauce to cover the polenta. Arrange meat evenly over polenta and pour remaining sauce into bowl to serve on the side. Also have some extra Parmesan on hand.
 

Yield

Serves 16

XM - Mt 1822

July 1st, 2014 at 9:38 PM ^

is another's treasure.   a beautiful deer hit the bumper of my old truck this winter.   called my neighbor/the undersheriff told him i was going to take it and he said' 'no problem, don't waste the meat'.

me and the 4 oldest boys skinned it in the barn in 15 below temp and let it hang for a few days.   butchered it up and it is excellent nutrition and the price was right - nada.

LKLIII

July 1st, 2014 at 2:53 PM ^

http://s9.postimg.org/jsjor68xb/Matrix.jpg

 

EDIT:  Having a hard time embedding the image.  I uploaded it to a hosting site but when I try to embed it on the board (rather than a link), it isn't working for me.....

 

Anyway, if it hasn't been done before, I've created a handy guide to creepiness & recruiting--in case you are the type of person who needs that sort cheat sheet....