astray recipes: Wild boar

Categories: Game; Meats
Yield: 6 servings

Measure	Ingredient
1 can	Condensed consomme'
2 cups	Cider vinegar
8 cups	Red wine
1½ teaspoon	Ground black pepper
2 tablespoons	Salt
2	Bay leaves
1 teaspoon	Crumbled thyme
2	Garlic cloves; chopped
8	Juniper berries
1	Piece wild boar meat
	(about 5 pounds)
6	Carrots scraped and quartered
2 larges	Onions; quartered
4	Celery stalks cut into 2-inch lengths
1 can	Condensed beef broth
⅓ cup	Currant jelly
½ cup	Flour; mixed with
¾ cup	Water

Combine consomme', vinegar, wine, pepper, salt, bay leaves, thyme, garlic, and juniper berries in a glass or enamel bowl. Place boar meat into marinade. Let marinate for 2 days at room temperature.

Place meat and marinade in a large kettle. Cover and simmer for 2 to 2-½ hours or until meat is almost tender. Add carrots, onions, celery. Cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Remove meat and vegetables and keep warm. Add beef broth, currant jelly, and flour mixture to pan liquid. Stir until sauce bubbles and thickens slightly. Let sauce cook at a boil until it becomes the thickness of a good brown gravy. Pour hot gravy over portions of sliced boar and vegetables. Serve with Chestnut Puree.

Adaption from recipe by Claude Bouchet, Jockey Club (Washington, D.C.) Campbell's Great Restaurants Cookbook, U.S.A.

Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

wild boar