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Venison Pot Roast ( Deer, Reindeer, Moose or Elk)
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 180 Minutes
Ready In: 195 Minutes
Servings: 6
So inexpensive if your hunter has been successful! Use the slow cooker for convenience, if you wish. From the Western chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947. Cooking time approximate.
Ingredients:
3 lbs venison, shoulder roast
1/2 lb salt pork
flour
salt and pepper
3 tablespoons bacon fat or 3 tablespoons other fat
1 1/2 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 bay leaf
4 carrots, pared
4 turnips, pared
4 potatoes, pared
6 small onions, peeled
Directions:
1. Cover meat with salt pork.
2. Rub with flour, salt and pepper.
3. Melt bacon fat in large pot; brown meat.
4. Remove meat and brown 2 tablespoons flour in pot.
5. Set meat in pot; add water and seasonings.
6. Cover and simmer until nearly tender.
7. Place vegetables around and over meat; continue cooking until vegetables are tender, about 45 minutes.
8. Serve the roast on a platter surrounded with vegetables.
9. Thicken the gravy and serve.
By RecipeOfHealth.com