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Sous Vide Cooked Leg of Venison with Chestnut Butter Sauce

Difficulty

medium

Sous Vide Cooked Leg of Venison with Chestnut Butter Sauce
Sous Vide Cooked Leg of Venison with Chestnut Butter Sauce

Ingredients

For 10 portions

  • For the Leg of Venison

  • 2200g

    Leg of Venison

  • 2g

    Juniper berries

  • 5g

    Rosemary

  • 30g

    Walnut oil

  • 2g

    Pimento spice

  • 3g

    Black pepper

  • 30g

    Butter

  • For the Sauce

  • 50ml

    White wine

  • 20ml

    Apple vinegar

  • 20g

    Onion(s)

  • 1g

    Black pepper, whole

  • 1ea

    Bay leaf

  • 250g

    QimiQ Cream Base

  • 80g

    Egg yolk(s)

  • 200g

    Butter

  • 10ml

    Lemon juice

  • 10g

    Salt

  • 1g

    White pepper, ground

  • 300g

    Chestnut puree

Preparation

  1. Tie the leg of venison with kitchen twine.

  2. Vacuum bag the leg of venison with the walnut oil, juniper berries, rosemary and allspice.

  3. Cook in the bag in a water bath using the sous vide stick at 63 ° C for approx. 2.5 hours.

  4. For the sauce: bring the white wine to the boil with the bay leaf, apple cider vinegar, onions and black pepper corns. Reduce by half.

  5. Add the QimiQ Cream Base and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and quickly work in the egg yolk and butter with a whisk.

  6. Mix in the chestnut puree and season with the lemon juice, salt and pepper.

  7. Before serving the leg of venison fry in butter until crispy and season with salt and pepper. Serve with the sauce.

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