Dinner thread?

[Hewie]

Ruahine Red back steak turned into a Wellington. Just a fancy pie really

[Beaker]

Ruahine Red back steak turned into a Wellington. Just a fancy pie really

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That looks perfect!
What's in the Pâté?

[Moa Hunter]

Ruahine Red back steak turned into a Wellington. Just a fancy pie really

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How did you get that so perfect without being able to 'press' or feel the meat ?

[Hewie]

How did you get that so perfect without being able to 'press' or feel the meat ?

I did use a cheap non-digital meat thermometer I was given by the kids at Christmas to help. Oh and the meat was taken straight from the fridge, seared, then back into fridge to chill before wrapping in pastry. Gives the pastry time to cook properly without overcooking the meat inside

[Moa Hunter]

I did use a cheap non-digital meat thermometer I was given by the kids at Christmas to help. Oh and the meat was taken straight from the fridge, seared, then back into fridge to chill before wrapping in pastry. Gives the pastry time to cook properly without overcooking the meat inside

Ah Ha ! I am pleased I asked, wouldn't have thought of searing it first.

[Hewie]

Thanks. The pate is just some red onion and mushroom sweated down with some fresh thyme and ground black pepper. Some whole grain mustard spread on top of meat after searing but I'd probably leave that out next time. Tender and tasty. My kids don't realise how spoilt they are for quality meat.

[Shearer]

[bunji]

Very lucky to have access to a private property 1/2 an Hour away from the farm that has good numbers of Fallow & one of my favorite Venison dishes is Apple cider wood,smoked Fallow. Melt in the mouth with a few roast veg from the garden

We have a busy food preparation time ahead as our extended hunting expedition means we now have 4 Chest Freezers between us, full of various Game after we helped out local families hit hard by the floods & storm damage & emptied ours ,so it will be a busy time making Salami & Sausages,Vac packing etc for the summer BBQ season .

[Pixie Z]

@Hewie that Wellington looks bloody good mate! Bet it tasted even better.

[Pixie Z]

A nice and basic one… cheese & bacon omelette. Bacon homemade from a wild pig I got in the Hawke’s Bay.

[Marty Henry]

A nice and basic one… cheese & bacon omelette. Bacon homemade from a wild pig I got in the Hawke’s Bay.
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Looks like it was done with a proper dry cure. Im betting that it tastes as good as it looks.
I would make a bacon and egg pie with that, just pastry, bacon, whole eggs, and pepper.

[bunji]

@Pixie Z Nothing wrong with basic when it is delicious & wholesome food like that. You have the Bacon down to a fine art ,that is just how l like it .

[bunji]

Last week there was a post about watching Blazing Saddles again & it stirred up a few chuckles remembering it, between me & the missus as we both have the same warped sense of humor & we agreed we would watch it again ourselves .

Then l had a idea ,one of the local farms was hit bad during the floods & wind storm we had a while back & they had their roof damaged .They are a young big family with EIGHT kids ,so we put 6 of the youngest kids up in the spare rooms at our farm during the floods & they stayed a couple of nights while we got the place water proof, they are good kids but the family is obviously not on easy street.

The kids have been calling in to see the dogs & l suspect get a feed since,which the missus & dogs enjoy ,so the missus agreed we are going to have the family over again & watch Blazing Saddles as they would never have seen anything like it before .So l did a bit of a cook up along the cowboy lines of a "Texas Smoked BBQ" since our freezers are now crammed full after finally getting away for a few hunting trips .

So to keep it simple feeding the tribe l did a "Texas Smoked BBQ" roast wild pork for pulled pork & roast rump of Venison & coleslaw rolls .

"Texas Smoked Pork "







Kids had a ball & laughed their little hearts out & ate the lot . Let the Fart Jokes begin at their place for the next few months

[Marty Henry]

Looks very nice but you seem to be missing the beans (-:

[bunji]

Looks very nice but you seem to be missing the beans (-:

Yeh the kids managed to talk the missus in having all 4 dogs inside & the hounds were doing enough farting with the sneaked bits the kids were giving them ,so glad l did not push the luck with beans .