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Saddle of Venison à la Conti (selle de renne à la Conti)

Erken's festive recipe for saddle of venison à la Conti: a 3 kg saddle is larded with pork fat, marinated two days in oil and vinegar with carrots, onion and herbs, roasted 1 1/2 hours on the marinade vegetables, and served with a juniper-berry cream sauce plus fried potatoes, glazed chestnuts and tomatoes.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 302 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A festive recipe from the game chapter of "Stor kokebok" (1914). The dish belongs to Erken's French-inspired party fare, in which the saddle of venison is marinated for two days in oil and vinegar with root vegetables and herbs, and served with glazed chestnuts and fried tomatoes. A parallel French title was common in the finer cookbooks of the time.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Prepare the meat

    Wash the saddle of venison and dry it well. Rub it with salt and pepper and lard it with thin strips of pork fat.

  2. 2

    Place in marinade

    Place half of the cleaned, chopped carrots, the onion, parsley, thyme and bay leaf in the bottom of a dish. Lay the saddle on top, drizzle oil and vinegar over the meat, and cover with the rest of the vegetables. Lay a buttered paper on top.

  3. 3

    Two days cold

    Set the dish in a cold place for 2 days. Turn the meat every four hours, and each time cover it well with the vegetables.

  4. 4

    Roasting

    Place the vegetables from the marinade in the bottom of a roasting pan or skillet, lay the saddle on top and roast it about 1 1/2 hours (about 175 °C (345 °F)). Place cold butter on the meat now and then during roasting.

  5. 5

    The sauce

    Take up the saddle. Rinse the pan with a little stock, skim it, pour into a pot, add the cream and 1 tsp crushed juniper berries. Let the sauce cook about 15 minutes, strain it and serve it separately.

  6. 6

    Plating

    Cut both fillets off the saddle, slice them diagonally into not-too-thin slices and lay the slices back on the saddle, so it looks whole. Serve with fried potatoes, glazed chestnuts and fried tomatoes.

Changes from the original

"Del." is interpreted as deciliters and the measures given in modern units. "Flesk" is specified as fresh, fatty side pork for larding. The bay leaf, which is mentioned in the method but missing from the original ingredient list, is listed as 1 leaf. The roasting is specified with an oven temperature.

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1914 (korrekturlest, s. 302)1949 (korrekturlest, s. 335)~43% av teksten endretfjernetlagt til
3 kg. dyreryg dyrerygg 125 gr. flesk 125 gr. smør 1 kg. gulerøtter salt pepper 1 løk persille 1 gren timian 1 persillekvast 2 del. olje 1 del. eddik 4 del. fløte enebær. Dyreryggen vaskes og tørres, gnides tørkes, gnis godt ind inn med salt og pepper, spækkes. spekkes. Halvparten av de rensede, hakkede gulerøtter, løk, persille, timian og laurbærblad lægges legges i bunden bunnen av et fat, herpaa lægges herpå legges dyreryggen, og kjøttet dryppes over med oljen og eddiken, belægges belegges med resten av grønsakerne, dækkes grønnssakene, dekkes med et smurt papir. Sættes paa Settes på et koldt sted. Kjøttet vendes hver fjerde time time, og maa hver gang dækkes dekkes med grønsaker. grønnsaker. Dyreryggen ligger i denne marinade i 2 dage. dager. Stekes i pande, panne, hvis bund bunn er belagt med grønsakerne grønnsakene fra marinaden. Koldt smør lægges paa legges på av og til, ryggen steker ca. 1 1/2 time. Lægges Legges op; panden pannen skylles med litt kraft, skummes, heldes helles i gryte, tilsættes tilsettes 4 del. fløte og 1 teske teskje knuste enebær, koker 1/4 ¾ time, siles og serveres særskilt. Serveres med stekte poteter, glasserede kastanjer og stekte tomater. glaserte kastanjer, fylte tomater samt små tarteletter fylt med grønnsaker, som erter, blomkål etc. Ved anretningen skjæres begge fileter av, skjæres derefter paa skråa på skrå i ikke for tynde tynne skiver, som lægges tilbake paa dyreryggen, saaledes at den faar utseende av at se hel ut. legges til bake på dyreryggen.

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Frequently asked questions

How long should the saddle of venison sit in the marinade?
For 2 days in a cool place. The meat is turned every four hours and each time covered with the vegetables, and the dish is covered with a buttered paper.
What does the marinade consist of?
Chopped carrots (1 kg), onion, parsley, a sprig of thyme and bay leaf, plus 2 dl oil and 1 dl vinegar drizzled over the meat. The saddle is first rubbed with salt and pepper and larded with pork fat.
How is the saddle roasted?
It is roasted in a pan whose bottom is covered with the vegetables from the marinade. The dish also includes butter (125 g) and 4 dl cream, plus juniper berries for flavoring.
How many servings and how large a cut?
The recipe is intended for 8 people and uses 3 kg of saddle of venison. It is taken from Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" of 1914, p. 302.

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