Thread: Venison shanks?

Pulled some snags out of the freezer this morning and remembered I had kept the shanks from a couple of deer I shot a couple weeks back. I don't usually keep them and run them through the bandsaw for the dogs if it's from a deer shot on farm.
Been meaning to try something with them. Don't have a slow cooker, could do something slow in the oven though. What say you?

Boil in a pot until the meat starts to fall off the bone

Then roast on high heat with your choice of flavour additives

You will never throw another one away

Pitty you don't have a slow cooker, they come out bloody nice.
I used to throw mine but now realize they are one of the best bits of the animal (cook slow and long)

This is one of my favourite recipes for veni casserole/stew. I often do it with veni shank meat that has been removed from the bone but bone in would be fine too.

https://www.fieldandstream.com/venis...onnade-recipe/

DO NOT try just roasting them unless you like venison flavoured leather.

My favourite for, Indian type curry , Thai red curry, or Malaysian Rendang. I bone them out, cut across the grain and boil the meat in water until tender, then do the curry thing. Usually reserve the cooking water as stock. I love all the collagen and sinew. Stew is good as well, we call it "Sinewy stew"

Shit Ryan they are bloody awesome out of the slow cooker !!

Reckon you should be able to do something similar in the oven. A large crock pot or roasting dish with a lid ??

Sink them in stock or water, few mushrooms and onions. Simmer them away until the meat is falling off the bone

Far too good for the bandsaw and the dogs bro

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awesome for casserole...some of the very best meat for it....

Rather have shanks than backstraps.

Hi Ryan
At our last NZDA we had a chef come along and cook up some venison dish's here his take on braised shanks they were bloody good
Hope the photo come's through if not PM your number and I'll text it through
He also done 2 veni patties a quick stroganoff and a slow cooked pulled venison

Originally Posted by Harryg

Hi Ryan
At our last NZDA we had a chef come along and cook up some venison dish's here his take on braised shanks they were bloody good
Hope the photo come's through if not PM your number and I'll text it through
He also done 2 veni patties a quick stroganoff and a slow cooked pulled venison
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That's a winner.

Only 2 suggestions - brown them in the same casserole dish as you cook in (saves dishes and will add more flavor) second is cook off the tomato paste, then add the rest.

I'd add some chilli, but that's just me....

Yeah brown in a cast iron and deglaze with the wine, lemon juice doesn't add anything, and I'd soften some aromatics first before browning the meat and add them in. A bay leaf doesn't hurt.

Originally Posted by gimp

Yeah brown in a cast iron and deglaze with the wine, lemon juice doesn't add anything, and I'd soften some aromatics first before browning the meat and add them in. A bay leaf doesn't hurt.

Everyone's a fuckin chef eh

Originally Posted by muzza

I like to bandsaw them into pieces about 40 mm long , then slow cook them or now that I have a pressure cooker I use that too.

Dont feed shanks to your dog......

+1

Here's my recipe https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....8/#post1233108

Comes out looking like this .......
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....1/#post1156765
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....ml#post1244248

Here's some of the other recipe's he cooked up for us