The gorditas (little fat ones) are crispy masa pockets with a soft textured interior. They are perfect to vessel to hold just about any of your braised wild game. Serve alongside some smoky cowboy beans topped with queso fresco, and you have yourself the ultimate comfort sandwich meal.
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This smoked venison heart recipe is hands down the best deer heart recipe I’ve ever eaten. Venison hearts are known as the gateway offal, and for good reason. The texture is somewhat reminiscent of a “normal” cut of meat, unless you overcook it. And the flavor is very mild, unlike its offal cousins, liver and
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This is one of those late August dishes that helps transition your mind from Summer to Fall. Its hearty in the sense that it consists of components that remind you of cooler weather, like crispy pork and a warm gravy. But yet its light and pretty vegetable forward, so it won’t have you skipping out
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This homemade Canadian bacon recipe is a simple way to turn a boneless pork loin into something special at home. Instead of the pale, wet rounds from the grocery store, you get a cured loin with a pronounced clean smoke flavor, proper texture, and great flavor profile. The curing process here uses a wet brine
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Here two worlds collide with a smoky version of the classic Argentinian chimichurri sauce and the hearty Mexican cowboy beans AKA (Frijoles Charros). These are served along side a super tender slow cooked wild boar roast that will have you forgetting all about fancy chops. The smokey chimichurri is a great condiment that goes perfectly
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Making cured egg yolks is one of my favorite ways to put extra eggs to work. This simple cured egg yolk recipe turns raw egg yolks into firm, sliceable “coins” that grate like a hard cheese. They’re great over fresh salads, creamy pasta, avocado toast, scrambled eggs, grilled fish, and lean meats like venison steaks,
This venison barbacoa is one of the best ways I know to cook tough cuts from deer. Neck, shoulder, and shanks all take well to this kind of slow cooking. Once the meat is tender enough to shred, you have something rich, smoky, and perfect for tacos, rice bowls, or a pile of nachos. Traditional
This venison shepherd’s pie recipe uses braised and pulled venison instead of ground meat. However, you can also substitute with ground. The filling is built from a vegetable paste, tomato, Worcestershire, stock, and red wine, then finished with a mashed potato lid that bakes until golden. It is hearty, clean in flavor, and built for
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It doesn’t get much more traditional in the world of classic cold dishes than a venison terrine. Though they can sometimes look like they are complicated to make, they are essentially just a big loaf of sausage. So if you are pretty decent at making sausages, you shouldn’t have any trouble making a terrine. I
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