Making Dinner

[Gateholio]

Kill a deer. Any deer should do, in this case it's a blacktail.




take a chunk of it's hind end, and make a marinade with some garlic, thyme, rosemary, parsley, sea salt, fresh pepper, olive oil and balsamic vinegar




Chop up the herbs and garlic, and add the vinegar an oil. Or put it all int he food processor and mulch up.



Chuck the roast in the marinade, and smear the paste all over it. Wrap it in plastic wrap and let it sit for a few hours or overnight.

[Gateholio]

Time for some veggies. Mark, just ignore this part.

Get some carrot, turnip, celery root,potatoes, and fresh herbs.




Peel the veggies (except potatoes) and cut into chunks. Toss with olive oil, loosely cover with foil and roast for about 40 minutes in a hot oven, stirring every now and then. Meanwhile, chop up the herbs. Remove foil, toss in herbs and S&P and backinto the over, Make sure they are getting nice and caramelized



Potatoes can be cooked however you like. I made these by putitng a little olive oil in the pan and adding some venison stock, the stock simmers away int he oven, the potatoes get browned, and you use the remaining stock to make a sauce

[Gateholio]

ROast the deer in the oven, size of roast will determine time. See how all the marinade turns into a nice tasty crust on the roast!

Make sure you let it rest minimum of 20 minutes before carving



Take the pan drippings and pour into a pot with stock form potatoes. Make a sauce from it. You can make a gravy or in this case I jsut finished it with butter to make a smooth sauce with the herbs from marinade.

Throw it all on a plate and chow down!

[ElkMasterC]

Set about 30 extra plates, gates!
We'll be right there!
Looks awesome!
Helluva Blacktail as well!

[todbartell]

Would you be interested in flying up here to cook that for me this weekend? I'll buy the beer

[BowSitter]

Will you marry me!!LOL.
That is the most scrumptious roast I have ever seen!!!
My hat is off to you Gatehouse! Well done(the dinner I mean, not the roast).....Ron

[elkdom]

You may prove useful around "elk camp" one day soon, of coarse the first 10 or 15 years you just get to cook and provide "camp counseling" hunters tend to be hungry and argue a lot the meal looks great

[PGK]

Approximate oven temperatures?

[Gateholio]

Would you be interested in flying up here to cook that for me this weekend? I'll buy the beer

Sure, pick me up at the PG airport on Saturday!

[Gateholio]

Approximate oven temperatures?

I used 450 for everything.