Venison With Kampot Pepper Sauce And Celeriac And Horseradish Purée
  1. To make the spiced quince, first toast the peppercorns and cinnamon in a dry pan

  2. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, sugar and water and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and let infuse for 1 hour

  3. Add the whole peeled quinces to the pot and poach slowly until tender under a cartouche

  4. Once cooked, set aside to cool and then refrigerate overnight in the syrup

  5. The next day, use a small Parisienne scoop (melon baller) to make small quince balls and reserve in the liquor

  6. Sweat off the onions and garlic for the farce with salt in a high-sided saucepan

  7. Add in the brandy, then remove from the heat and very carefully flambé and reduce to a syrup. Make sure to use a long lighter when flambéing, and have a pan lid nearby to cover the pan if the flames are getting too high. Decant the alcohol out into a ladle first rather than pouring straight from the bottle – and make sure not to flambé underneath a hood on the stove!

  8. Add in the Madeira, flambé again and reduce to a syrup

  9. Add in the port and reduce to almost nothing then place in the fridge to cool

  10. Cold smoke the pork fat for 30 minutes in a Bradley smoker

  11. Season the livers well with flaky salt and sear hard in a pan. Put in fridge to cool

  12. Mince the venison, smoked pork fat and cold livers

  13. Place in a bowl and mix in the onions, pork mince and the eggs

  14. Roll into a ballotine, then steam at 62°C for 20 minutes. Chill and then slice into rounds, ready to be caramelised before serving

  15. Bring the milk to a simmer with the celeriac, and cook until the celeriac is soft

  16. Pass off the celeriac and then blend in the Thermomix or high-powered blender

  17. Add butter, horseradish and lemon juice to the Thermomix whilst blending. Add some of the milk if needed to create a glossy purée

  18. Put all the ingredients for the walnut gel into the Thermomix and blend until it reaches 100°C. Alternatively, bring the mixture to 100°C in a pan and then blend until smooth

  19. Pour into a container and leave until set

  20. Once set, blend until it forms a fluid gel then pass until smooth

  21. For the chive oil, blend all the ingredients together in the Thermomix at 70°C for 7 minutes. Alternatively, blend in a high-speed blender until smooth

  22. Pass through muslin and reserve the oil, discarding the solids

  23. For the parsley oil, blend all the ingredients together in the Thermos at 70°C for 7 minutes. Alternatively, blend in a high-speed blender until smooth

  24. Pass through muslin and reserve the oil, discarding the solids

  25. To make the Kampot pepper sauce, put a heavy-based pan on a medium-high heat and add a dash of vegetable oil

  26. Sear the venison trimmings in the pan with some salt

  27. Once you begin to see the venison caramelise in the pan, add the vegetables and cook until they just begin to colour

  28. Deglaze the pan with brandy and skim. Reduce the brandy to a syrup

  29. Add the red wine and skim. Reduce this by half

  30. Add in the veal stock and bring up to a simmer

  31. Add in 10 of the kampot peppercorns and let infuse, then pass the sauce through muslin

  32. To plate, first preheat the oven to 180°C

  33. Sear the venison loin in an ovenproof pan on all sides for around 2 minutes and then add a good amount of butter. Spoon the foaming butter over the loom for a further minute

  34. Add garlic, thyme and rosemary to the pan to taste and then transfer to the oven for 2 minutes. Rest for 6 minutes, then carve pink

  35. Put a dot of the celeriac puree on the bottom of the plate. Top this with a small amount of the pickled walnut gel and six balls of poached quince

  36. Caramelise the venison farce and roast a piece of foie gras in a pan and place on top, alongside some wilted swiss chard leaf and celeriac celeriac purée

  37. Drizzle some chive oil and some parsley oil over the top of the Swiss chard

  38. Warm up the Kampot pepper sauce and finish with finely chopped parsley and remaining crushed Kampot pepper

  39. Add the venison loin to the plate and pour the Kampot pepper sauce over the top

Course🍽️Main Course

Diets🌾Gluten-free🥩Carnivore...

Category🍽️Main Course

Cuisine🇫🇷French

OccasionsGourmet Dinner🎉Special Occasion

Season🍂Fall

DifficultyHard ⏰ 2h

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