Deer saddle with pears and lentils

18-10-2018
Sous vide hertenzadel met peren en linzen

Preparation time
30 minutes

Cooking time
1 hour and 40 minutes

Ingredients

Deer saddle:
  • 500 grams deer saddle, cleaned
  • 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley,
  • Salt and fresh pepper from the mill
  • 8 allspice grains
  • 50 grams of butter

Pears:

  • 2 pears
  • 2 sprigs of sage
  • 40 grams of butter
  • 40 milliliters of pear juice
Lentils:
  • 100 grams of fine lentils
  • 200 milliliters of water
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 30 milliliters of balsamic vinegar
  • 30 grams of butter
  • 5 grams of sugar

Preparation method

Sousvide deer saddle:

  1. Cut the meat into 4 equal pieces and cover them with the parsley.
  2. Place the meat in a vacuum bag and vacuum seal the bag.
  3. Then cook the meat in a sous vide water bath for 20 minutes at 65° C.
  4. Foam the butter with the allspice.
  5. Remove the venison from the bag and fry it in the butter.
  6. Salt it a little and cut the meat.

Sous vide pears:

  1. Peel the pears, remove the core and cut them into slices of equal size.
  2. Place the pear together with the other ingredients in a vacuum bag, vacuum seal and cook in a sous vide water bath for 15 minutes at 85° C.
  3. Cool the bag in ice water and heat the pears in a pan if you need them.

Sous vide lentils:

  1. Vacuum seal all ingredients together in a bag and let them soak in the refrigerator overnight.
  2. Cook this bag sous vide for 65 minutes at 95° C and let it cool in ice water.
  3. If you need it, heat it in a pan and then season it well.

We recommend serving this dish with a dark gravy or butter.

This recipe is brought to you by Heiko Antoniewicz.