Recipe: Leg of venison with honey
Recipe leg of venison in the oven, flamed and cooked with honey for 7 hours. A cast-iron roast leg of venison to simmer slowly, it will be cut with a spoon, hence its name, Leg of roast with a spoon. Baking a large piece in the oven in a cast iron casserole dish is ideal, the rotating heat of your oven will coat your meat and cook evenly. A dark sauce will appear at the end of cooking, collecting all the juices on the casserole dish of your leg of venison with honey.
Recipe ingredients
- Leg of venison with honey recipe for 8 people
- 1 leg of at least 3 kg
- 250 g smoked bacon
- 60 cl of white wine
- 10 cl of soy sauce
- 10 cl of balsamic vinegar
- 8 cl of armagnac
- 10 cl of honey
- 3 carrots
- 5 tomatoes
- 6 cloves of garlic
- 14 small white onions
- 1 teaspoon of Espelette pepper
- 1 tablespoon of oregano
- 1 teaspoon of paprika
- 2 tablespoons of thyme
- 50 cl of chicken broth
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat the casserole dish with olive oil then color the bacon.
- Enter the leg of lamb sprinkled with oregano and thyme in the casserole dish.
- Brush the leg with the honey.
- Flambé with Armagnac.
- Add the carrots in sections, onions and shallots. Let it cook a little.
- Add the broth (two-thirds of the casserole dish) and bring to a boil.
- Cover with the wine, soy sauce and balsamic vinegar.
- Add the tomatoes cut into quarters.
- Bake at 140 ° for 1 hour 30 minutes then at 130 ° for 5 or 6 hours.
- Check the amount of broth and if necessary add more.
- Serve with mashed potatoes (classic, vitelotte or sweet potato)
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 7 hour (s)
Number of people: 8
4 star rating: 1 review
What wine to drink with leg of honey
Thank you to Vincent my neighbor for his learned help.
My favorite wine for this recipe: Margaux. Grape varieties: Cabernet franc, Cabernet sauvignon, Merlot.
Temperature between 14 ° and 15 °
The lamb
Bone the legs
Legs
Sear the vegetables
Sear the onions
Color the leg
Tidy up the legs
Reduce the sauce 
