Name: Venison chilli
Yield: Serves 6-8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; a few gratings of dark chocolate; crème fraîche; finely grated zest of 1 unwaxed lime; 150 ml red wine; 75 g dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solids, grated; bouquet garni, sprig each of thyme and rosemary and a bay leaf, tied together with kitchen string; 1 onion, quartered; 4 celery sticks, cut in half; 2 carrots, halved; 1 kg venison haunch, diced; vegetable oil, for cooking; 2 tbsps cumin seeds; 2 tbsps coriander seeds; 1 litre dark rich beef, or venison stock; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced; 150 g Milano salami or chorizo, diced; 400 g tin kidney beans, drained and rinsed; 4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely grated; 400 g minced venison; 2 onions, peeled and diced; 2 tsps chilli powder; 2 tsps cracked black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Glorious Game

By Ben Tish

Published 2019

About

I love a regular beef chilli, but this venison version is something else! Using a combination of diced haunch and venison mince gives the dish a real depth of flavour and a great texture. Although it takes a bit more time, the recipe is pretty straightforward and the result is well worth it. Finishing the rich dish with dark chocolate, red wine and a zing of lime perks it up beautifully.