Venison haunch cooked in a spiced salt crust

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    as a main course
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Venison: The Game Larder

By José Souto

Published 2015

  • About

We should all eat more venison! It has so many good qualities: it’s higher in protein than beef, pork, chicken and lamb, but it’s lower in calories, cholesterol and fat. Venison is always free range and thoroughly sustainable. You would think that taste would have to be sacrificed for all these benefits but actually, it’s the opposite: it’s packed with flavour!

Most importantly, don’t be intimidated when you’re cooking venison. Treat it in a similar manner to beef, but remember, it’