Venison

[shinbo]

Hi all,
Out of the six deer species we have here in the uk what is your favourite cut of venison and from what species?

 

[VSS]

Fallow (but I might be a bit biased there!).
All the fancy cuts are great, but for depth of flavour you can't beat slow cooked shanks.

 

[tozzybum]

Munty then fallow, then Roe least favourite Cwd

 

[HonestJohn]

Sika, munty, roe, fallow, chinks, red

 

[Corvid8x57]

IMHO, a fallow calf shot in November or December is the best meat on the planet

 

[Tazz]

Supposing we are saying the deer are all 2 years or less

1 CWD
2 Munty
3 Roe
4 Fallow

 

[alun1960]

Red yearling loin steaks for me then fallow loin steaks , cook two eat 1then sandwich crusty roll with mustard the other !

 

[deerstalker.308]

Red all day long

 

[shinbo]

Thanks for the replies so far I have only taken fallow,roe and munty and I have to say my favourite is munty backstrap followed by fallow I wasn’t to keen on the roe but will definitely be trying it again

 

[wboulter]

I would have say sika is my favourite then muntjac a close second

 

[Gm81]

Sika, fallow, red and roe I like all the same just when I've eaten enough of each one and fancy a change.
Muntjac I'm not into it. CWD I've only ever had 2 and it was nice. But not eaten enough to know.
Prefer female in all of them.

 

[Tim.243]

Thanks for the replies so far I have only taken fallow,roe and munty and I have to say my favourite is munty backstrap followed by fallow I wasn’t to keen on the roe but will definitely be trying it again

Red ribs with the meat by the brisket area is thick and fatty....
black pepper salt oil in a hot oven then over the hot charcoal for a few mins...
Muntjac loin
Fallow loin
Red loin
CWD in the bin
last Roe.

 

[chriswjx]

I'm with VSS on a nice slow cooked shank is absolutely to die for.

Though for the winter, I like cooking this as well - Succulent braised venison recipe | Good Food

 

[Ratel]

Sika, a young hind or a spiker.
Muntjac a young one
Fallow fawn this time of year
Roe
Young red hind
CWD
Not bothered about other meats.except guinea fowl, Hare or rabbits on occasion.
.

 

[Mickeydredd]

Red for me. Always surprises me when it is ranked at the bottom of the list regularly on here

 

[Tim.243]

Red for me. Always surprises me when it is ranked at the bottom of the list regularly on here

Because not many people shoot them and cut them up to eat compared with the handbag deer lol

 

[JH83]

Because not many people shoot them and cut them up to eat compared with the handbag deer lol

Exactly! My reds are straight to the dealer. I’ll most likely of unknowingly eaten it in restaurants.

The vast majority of my venison is roe, which I think is superb.

Sika is to my mind the best, followed closely by MJ. With sika beware, trim that fat away. My butcher processed an early season hind for me last year and the fat was overbearing. And it’s pretty grim stuff, sticks to cutlery and pots-belligerent just as you’d imagine!

A haunch of MJ oven roasted quickly with a good olive oil and rosemary baste is as good as it gets.

 

[paulbshooting]

Sika rump steak or some loin

 

[Siggy]

Sika CWD fallow roe muntjac, don’t think I’ve actually eaten red, it’s all gone to the game stealers.

 

[johndeere]

CWD when I can get it
sika
red/muntjac/roe

Fallow

I eat all the cuts, some days loin steak other days venison meatballs in tomato sauce hit the spot.