Re: Deer Tenderloin & Backstraps Recipes...???
German Venison Rouladen
Slice off four 1/4" strips on the diagonal. With a flat meat mallet, flatten them down to about 1/8". Cold marinade them in a sweet red wine for...?
Render the fat from 8 slices of bacon using an iron skillet, cooking the bacon until is is still soft, but chewy, and reserving the bacon fat.
Annoint the slices with EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil), then lightly dust the flattened venison slices with salt, cracked black pepper, and onion powder. Take each slab and wrap it snug around a dill pickle spear. Continue wrapping with two bacon slices per roll, and pin the whole roll together with 3-4 toothpicks.
Lightly brown the rolls in the iron skillet in the reserved bacon fat.
Place the rolls in a covered saucepan with gentle heat, poaching them with a cup of beef stock, replacing any stock which boils off, turning the rolls until cooked through. If you like a more robust flavor, add some low salt beef base to the stock, and omit the salt dusted on above. If you like a milder flavor, use chicken stock, instead.
Remove rolls and plate them, then add 1 cup of sour cream to the stock, bringing it to a gentle boil while stirring, turning it off once it comes to a boil.
Serve with German Potato Dumpings and Red Cabbage, with the sauce spooned over the rouladen.
A light, bright Pilsener completes the presentation.
Greg