Thread: Venison shanks?

We eat goat shanks up here, I think you'll enjoy the venison version!

Venison Shanks

INGREDIENTS
1 tablespoon olive oil
700 grams shanks (approx)
knob of butter
1 onion, finely chopped
2 sticks celery, diced
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 large carrot, peeled, sliced into discs
300ml red wine
2 cups good-quality beef stock
1 tablespoon brown sugar
6 sprigs fresh thyme
2 dried bay leaves
sea salt and ground pepper
2 tablespoons finely
chopped parsley

METHOD
Preheat the oven to 160 degrees celcius.
Brown shanks on all sides on BBQ.
Remove the shanks to a dish and set aside.
Place a heavy-based casserole dish on the stove top on a low-medium and add the butter, onion and celery. Fry until the onions are soft and turning golden brown. Add the garlic, carrot and parsnip and fry for a further 2 minutes.*
Add the shanks, red wine, beef stock, brown sugar, thyme, bay leaves and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer then cover and place in the oven for at 4 hours (or have temperature lower and cook longer). Check on it regularly to make sure it's not too dry*or catching on the bottom. If so, add 1/4* cup of water and stir.
Once the meat is tender*and falling apart, remove the lid and let the liquid reduce for 30 minutes.*

Whatever method you use to slow cook them, Please make sure to brown them 1st either on the pan, bbq, or fire. the mouth feel and flavour is way better

The dog will appreciate it…gotta feed em something….


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So under rated, back stakes so over rated. You don't know what you have been missing. The dogs will hate you that you have just discovered this.

Originally Posted by Slug

So under rated, back stakes so over rated. You don't know what you have been missing. The dogs will hate you that you have just discovered this.

Shanks are good for the dogs too…glycerine, marrow, tendons…all stuff that a dog needs, amongst other things.


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I’m in a phase of braising everything right now.
Hard to stuff it up and epic flavour for the amount of effort you have to put in.
Cheeks, hocks, short ribs, chuck and neck all come out awesome.

My latest is the tongue, remove and wash, mix up a salty brine and put in the fridge. When I remember, pull it out and boil it up with onions. Me and dogs like it cold, they get the bits I don't want. Got the idea from some hunting book I read.

I remember the hellabys tinned lambs tongues. Back in the 70s one was always in the pack as a treat.
I'm convinced the world would be a better place if we all ate more offal. Except tripe.

A question for all the shank experts please: Is it straightforward to locate these bone "toothpicks" early in the shank preparation stage and remove them, rather than painfully discovering them at dinner ?
Where in the shank meat are they found? Something like a diagram would be great as directions for being able to cut these out.
I'm not sure I've noticed them in all the venison here. Perhaps they are only a hazard in some animals?

Originally Posted by Puffin

A question for all the shank experts please: Is it straightforward to locate these bone "toothpicks" early in the shank preparation stage and remove them, rather than painfully discovering them at dinner ?
Where in the shank meat are they found? Something like a diagram would be great as directions for being able to cut these out.
I'm not sure I've noticed them in all the venison here. Perhaps they are only a hazard in some animals?

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alongside the main leg bone....think tibia n fibia it will be parralel to main leg bone.

We had venison shanks over the weekend. I did them based on this recipe https://www.thespruceeats.com/rosema...-recipe-101494 Which was delicious and I liked the fact it's just a couple of ingredients for flavour for a change,as I usually add more (like wine ).

Deer fibula @Puffin Easy to find reliably once you know where to look. I bone out all my shanks before cooking which reveals them

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

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?

Sorry to rehash an old thread just wondering why you’d only give the shanks to the hounds if off a farm? Parasites and other nasties or possible 1080 residue in animal from a non fatal dose?


Just shot my first deer in bloody ages, had the 4 legged deer repeller with me for her very first deer but have not shared the spoils of the hunt with her yet as I am ultra paranoid about 1080 although the area itself hasn’t had a drop in years over the main ridge (5-8ks away) did about a year ago and I know how ridiculously toxic it is to pooches.
As I seemingly spend most of my day trying to prevent her killing herself in a myriad of ways…eating solar garden lamps….swallowing bumble bees….I thought it would be slightly ironic to provide the means for her to off herself!

They can be excellent. Slow cooked. I like a Vindaloo paste.


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