GROUND VENISON WITH PEPPERCORN SAUCE
By Doug the Camp Chef
All ingredients and etc approximate!!!
1 lb or so ground venison
1/2 cup more or less, diced Vidalia onion
Seasonings - garlic, salt and pepper, whatever
1 pkg McCormick "Gourmet" green peppercorn sauce mix
2/3 cup milk
2/3 cup water
2 cups (dry measure) fusili pasta
In a large covered frying pan, cook the ground venison, onions, and seasonings until it is thoroughly cooked. The frying pan cover keeps most of the liquid in the pan rather than boiling off.
Cook the pasta in your usual way. I think other pastas would work OK, but I like fusili, and the appearance of the finished dish is attractive.
Make the green peppercorn sauce mix as per the instructions (using the milk and water). When it is ready, pour the sauce over the ground meat and bring it up to heat again, until it is bubbling and starting to thicken.
Drain the pasta and add it into the frying pan, coating the pasta with the meat and sauce. Remove from heat, and serve.
I did not add anything to the dish on the plate - I did consider topping it with shredded cheese, but it was delicious just like that. Ten minutes or so total cooking time. This would serve two VERY hungry hunters, or three, even four adults with regular appetites (and no seconds).