Name: Wild Boar Casserole with Chicken Livers, Juniper and Ginger
Yield: Serves 8-10
Ingredients: 25 g/1 oz butter; 2 good sprigs fresh rosemary; 4 large cloves garlic; 1 rounded teaspoon juniper berries; 350 g/12 oz chicken livers; bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley; salt; black pepper; 400 g/14 oz tin chopped tomatoes; 225 g/8 oz large flat or chestnut mushrooms; 450 g/1 lb ripe tomatoes, the plum variety if available; 5 cm/2 in piece fresh ginger; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1.1 kg/2½ lb wild boar; finely grated rind and juice of 1 large orange

Preparation info

Serves
8-10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Josceline Dimbleby’s Complete Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1997

About

Many butchers now stock wild boar. Truly wild boar has been extinct in the British Isles for 400 years but it can still be found in other European countries. However, it is now farmed here, hence the availability.

If you cannot find boar you can easily substitute stewing pork or even lamb in this recipe. The addition of chicken livers for the last part of the cooking adds a soft richness to the flavourful sauce. I serve this with new potatoes tossed in olive oil and plenty of choppe