If you’re looking for a delicious game recipe, we have plenty of suggestions. There are so many different types of game and exciting recipes that can be prepared on the Big Green Egg. Just choose the one that sounds the most delicious or pick that game dish you are most excited about to cook and taste. Will it be the saddle of hare, the wild boar tenderloin or the rack of venison? Or perhaps you would like to try them all and take a mini game preparation workshop.
Sustainable meat
Did you know that game is possibly the most sustainable meat available? The animals live in the wild, they forage for their own food and they mature at their own pace. Game is simply a collective name for animals that live in their natural environment Their pure and natural way of life comes through in the flavour. In the past, game was hunted for food and cooked over an open fire. Nowadays, it is seen as a luxury product, but in order to keep a healthy population it is necessary to hunt the various game species.
Eating game
Partly due to the current infrastructure, there simply is a surplus of game. If the population were allowed to get too large, it would pose a threat to agriculture, forestry and public safety, and furthermore, the animals would not be able to find enough food. The game population is closely monitored by means of game counts, in order to determine which game species should or should not be hunted. Preserving nature in this way is of great importance and because of it we can still enjoy eating game.
Preparing game
As with all kinds of meat, each type of game has its own characteristic structure, colour and flavour. So there is no general way to prepare game. The preparation also depends on which part of the animal you are using in your recipe. Meat is nothing more than muscle. If a muscle has not had to work hard during the animal’s life, then this part is tender and juicy. For large cuts, for example, you can start by grilling this meat on the Cast Iron Grid and then continue cooking at low temperature, in combination with the convEGGtor, until the desired core temperature is reached.
Or you could do it the other way round by first cooking the meat slowly and then giving it a nice pattern using the grill. If you cut the meat into smaller pieces, or if you are using small, tender cuts, you can give the meat a short, hot blast on the grill.
Game recipes
Muscles that have done a lot of work are tough and chewy, but are incredibly rich in flavour. These cuts are less suited for short cooking at high temperatures. But when you use them in the Cast Iron Dutch Oven, the Green Dutch Oven or in the Cast Iron Skillet to make a tasty stew in the Big Green Egg, the meat becomes deliciously tender and soft, and the flavour of the meat remains just as delicious! To make it easy for you to prepare game the right way and to inspire you, we have developed some delicious game recipes so that you can enjoy the pure flavour of sustainable game with your family or friends. You can bet that game from the Big Green Egg is to everyone’s taste.
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