Recipe - Roast Reindeer Fillet Marinated In Cider With Creamed Celer

1 450 g; (1lb) reindeer
; fillet, larder
; trimmed
2 tablespoon Unsalted butter
570 ml Dry cider; (1 pint)
150 g Dried juniper berries; (5oz)
4 Cloves garlic; crushed
450 g Celeriac; (1lb)
570 ml Chicken stock; (1 pint)
2 tablespoon Single cream
6 tablespoon Diced celery; onion and
carrot
120 g Fresh wild cranberries;
(4oz)
2 teaspoon Caster sugar
1 tablespoon Butter
150 g Fresh clean cut or sliced up
chanterelles; (5oz)
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon Unsalted butter

The meat is simply left in the cider to marinate with the juniper berries
and garlic cloves for at least 2 hours. Cooking is done by draining and
drying the meat and sealing in a very hot pan with 2 tbsp butter and then
seasoning and roasting on 200?C/400?F/gas mark 6 for 1015 minutes,
depending on the thickness of the fillet, to achieve a mediumrare centre.
There is not much fat in the meat and you should take care not to overdo it
or it will dry out and loose its juices.

The celeriac is cooked in the chicken stock until soft (about 10 minutes if
the vegetable is not too ?woody? in texture) and then mashed with a fork.
You can use a moulilegumes if desired, but a rustic feel to this dish is
perfectly acceptable. Add the cream for smoothness, season and keep warm
for the meat to arrive.

The mushrooms are simply sauted in butter and seasoned.

The sauce is made by sauteeing the onion, celery and carrots until soft and
then seasoning, adding sugar, berries and some of the cider from the
marinade. This should all cook down into a smooth puree (if desired you can
pass the saute through a coarse sieve). Check the sugar and salt levels to
?balance? the acidity of the wild cranberries.

To assemble, let the meat rest for 5 mins to let the fibre ?relax? (reserve
any drained juices for the sauce) and slice thickly and place over the
creamed celeriac. Arrange the mushrooms around the outside of the meat and
pour the fruity sauce over and around the plate.

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