Pine Marten
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone.
For years now I've been saying that Chinese Water Deer venison can be used as veal, and so the idea made its way through my head that you ought to be able to make it into escalopes. So this bank holiday weekend, I did. Here goes.
Here is the raw material, quite literally. I had separated the three of four main muscles in the haunch, then slices these into dinky little steaks about an inch thick. You end up with 3 or 4 steaks per muscles, weighing in at maybe 100g each, which is about the same as a decent veal escalope.
Then i placed each one in turn between two sheets of cling film and quite gently bashed them with a rolling pin, even rolling them out at the end to even them out.
The result is eight of these.
Then I covered them in seasoned flour, then beaten egg, then breadcrumbs. This can be messy if you don't think it through properly beforehand! Finally, into a pan with a 50-50 mix of of olive oil and butter.
Et voilà! Scallopine di capriolo d'acqua alla Ealinghese! (copyright Pine Marten 2022)
(These have passed the Toddler Test and therefore a safe domestic bet)
For years now I've been saying that Chinese Water Deer venison can be used as veal, and so the idea made its way through my head that you ought to be able to make it into escalopes. So this bank holiday weekend, I did. Here goes.
Here is the raw material, quite literally. I had separated the three of four main muscles in the haunch, then slices these into dinky little steaks about an inch thick. You end up with 3 or 4 steaks per muscles, weighing in at maybe 100g each, which is about the same as a decent veal escalope.
Then i placed each one in turn between two sheets of cling film and quite gently bashed them with a rolling pin, even rolling them out at the end to even them out.
The result is eight of these.
Then I covered them in seasoned flour, then beaten egg, then breadcrumbs. This can be messy if you don't think it through properly beforehand! Finally, into a pan with a 50-50 mix of of olive oil and butter.
Et voilà! Scallopine di capriolo d'acqua alla Ealinghese! (copyright Pine Marten 2022)
(These have passed the Toddler Test and therefore a safe domestic bet)
