Remove the lentils fromthe heat
Stir in the fennel and the olive al
All the reserved Fennel Fronds
Seasonto taste. Keep warm,
For the venicon
15kg venison shertlein or backstrap
1 cup beef demiglaze (Iuse European
Gourmet; ee supplier)
sos tat and froshly ground black
pepper
canal al for frying
Preheat the aren to 18PC. Reing the
venison foroom enmperatire
Cat the veniaon shartloin intatwe
pleces. One half willbethicker than
the ater so ul eq aalightly
longer cooking time
lace the demiglare in a eral
saucepan over lox heat robring up to
slew simmer,
Season the verison liberally, Place
skellet or similar on high heat and
alsoputa wasting dish incheoven,
toheat. Onoethe silt is hot, add
little of followed immediately by the
venison. Cook for 3 minutes on both
sides untilbrowned then transfer to
the roasting dish along with alittle el
Finish cooking inthe oven for $7
minutes, Remove the smaller piece
fies, leaving the larger one tocooke2
Title longer, Rest the venisonsin 2
‘warm place for smninutes.
‘To carom epoon comecafthe fennel
Jens on t the centre of 6 ware
plate. Slice the venison inte gmm-
thick sles and arrange 3 pieces on
teach plate. Top each with the lish,
and pour a little deraigaze on each.
WILD BOAR PIES WITH
CREAMED SILVERBEET
& HORSERADISH
SERYESS
‘Aricther Logs Bron lassie;
these show up on the mena in early
torn stnd erste iewnd
of winter. Forme thereie no better
Pie filing than clowecooked wild
boar shoulder with winter herbs,
root vopetables, port and 2 rich
fravy. Riding shotgun with these
culinary works ofar isthe wonderful,
but often cverlocked,slverbect
‘with ittleereai and horseradish
tokick ie along.
80 CUISINE
For the fling
carole oilfor Frying
150g rindlacebacor, coarsely chopped
up diced calery
cup diced carrst
2 cups dicad onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped ga
2 tablespoons finely chopped thyme
1 tablespoon finely chopped rosemary
ablespeon finely chepped sage
sea salt and freshly ground black
Pepper
‘kg wild boar shoulder diced
lewpiper,
‘eeapapple syrup
Yalktres chicken stock
up beef demiglaze (use Eurepean
Gourmet; soe supplies
2 eups quar
Scupctemdiced kumara
2 tablespoone buttor
4 tablespoons flour plos extra for
dusting
Teup peas
008 pufl or Flaky pastry
2 9tg whites, besten
2 gg yall, lightly heaton
button mushrooms
Place s large saucepan on med
heat. Once hot, add alittle can oll
then the bacon. Fry for § minutes,
stirring oceastonally, until golden.
Add theesiary, trot, onion, gat
and here. Stir through and redisce
the heat. ry gently for 15:20 minutes
Place afryingpaa on high heat.
Seacon the boar Add litle oll 10 the
par thon brown the moatin batches.
Remove and add tthe agetables,
Add the portte thepan and serapeup
any meaty bes then pourthls over the
boar and vegetables.
‘Addthe apple syrup, chicken stock,
demigiaze and button mushrooms
Bring alight boil then immediately
reduce the heatto a simmer, Cook
for shure, sticring oocestonally
Addche kumaraand simmera
Farthecso minutor Remove rom the
heat and stecin theliquid through a
colander or 3
Slarand recare,
Tala slean saucopan and add
thebu:ter. When malted, add the
flour and whiseto make a roux thea
slowly pour in the cooking liquid,
‘whisking continuously toform &
{tmooth silky gravy, Pour this back
‘ver the boat mie, ada the peacthen
nite and season. Sot aside t.e90l
then refrigerate til required.
st aclean work surface with
liberal amounts of flour. Rel ut the
pastry toa thickness of im-3mm
Find aplate or howl with a diameter
Faboatsacm and cut aut 33 round,
Heaptogether the offcuts and rollout
agnin Place a mound ofthe hear mi
Inthe centre of6 rounds lewing em
edges of pastry: Brush the edges with
ex white, carefully takethe tops and
ently plsce on top ofthe Flin
Pinch S evenly spaced crimpi.on the
top pastry then fold up the base layer
and pinch together with the top
crimps. Refigerato until nesded.
Prehet the oven to 183°C. Place the
ples on abaking paperlinad oven tay,
spaced ao thay have room to expand,
Beach with eggyolk and snip acouple
fice in the top af each ple
Place in the contre ofthe oven and
conkeunti golden and Maly (20:25
sminuros\, Chodk after +5 and earn the
tray for evon cosking, Once socked,
remove znd lecstand for so minutes
tocee! slightly. Meanwhile, heat the
creamed allverbect (recipe follows
Serve the pies on portions ofthe
het creamed siherbeet.
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cooked wild boar shoulder coupled with winter
Pacaie ect lseWersratitee nso tratay
Seared
Pierce)Creamed Silverbeot & Horsera
6005 sllverbeat. stems and leaves
separated