Paleo venison goulash with mushrooms and lingonberries

Paleo venison goulash with onions, mushrooms, juniper and bay, reduced without flour and served with a lingonberry compote. A winter dinner with 50 g protein per serving.

At a glance

• Serves 4
• Prep time: 20 min
• Cooking time: 120 min
• Total time: 140 min
• Calories: 360 kcal per serving
• Protein: 50 g
• Fat: 10 g
• Carbs: 14 g

Ingredients

• 800g diced venison
• 250g mushrooms
• 100g lingonberries
• 3 onions
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 500ml beef stock
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp paprika
• 6 juniper berries
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper

Method

You’ll need: frying pan · saucepan · chopping board · knife · wooden spoon · ladle

1. Pat the meat dry and cut any large pieces to 3 cm. Brown it hard in olive oil in a casserole in two batches, 5 min each, then take it out.
2. Slice the onions into strips and fry them in the pan for 6 min until golden brown. Stir in the tomato purée and paprika for 1 min.
3. Add the meat, lightly crushed juniper berries, bay leaves and stock, cover and braise the goulash over a low heat for 90 min.
4. Quarter the mushrooms, dry-fry them in a frying pan for 5 min and stir them into the goulash. Simmer uncovered for 15 min until the sauce is thick, then season with salt and pepper.
5. Cook the lingonberries with the honey for 5 min, until they burst.
6. Serve the venison goulash with a spoonful of lingonberries.

Good to know

Venison goulash is the easy way into game: ready-diced meat, one pan, 90 minutes of patience. The sauce thickens without flour. Home-cooked lingonberries are more tart than the ones from a jar.

Swaps

Venison → diced beef (braising time 2 hours). Lingonberries → cranberries (fresh or frozen). Honey → maple syrup. Mushrooms → king oyster mushrooms.

Cooking tips

Brown the meat in two batches, otherwise the pan cools down and the meat stews in its own juices. Always cook frozen lingonberries; don't eat them raw.

Storage

Goulash 3 days in the fridge or 3 months in the freezer; lingonberries 1 week in the fridge.

Allergens

Gluten-free, no milk, egg or nuts. Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) advises that pregnant and breastfeeding women and children should not eat game shot with lead ammunition; ask for game shot with lead-free ammunition. Because of the honey, not for babies under one year old.

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