José Souto is one of the UK's top game chefs, as well as being Senior Chef Lecturer in Culinary Arts at Westminster Kingsway College in London. He's written two books on cooking with game: Feathers and Venison. This recipe for game meatballs in bean and redwine sauce, served with mashed potatoes crusty bread, is a great winter warmer.
Game Meatballs in Bean and Redwine Sauce
José Souto's game meatballs in bean and red wine sauce - photo credit: Steve Lee for Taste Of Game
Serves: 6 (5 meatballs per person)
Prep time: 35 minutes
Cooking time: 40 to 55 minutes
Ingredients
- 700g mixed game mince
- 350g sausage meat
- 350g minced bacon or gammon
- 100g chestnuts
- roughly chopped 2 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves removed, stalks discarded (the yield will be approx. 2 tsp)
- 2 onions, finely sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
- 35g plain flour
- 100ml red wine
- 1.5 litre dark chicken stock or game stock
- 125g cooked cannellini beans
- 125g cooked kidney beans
- 60g butter
- Vegetable oil
- Maldon salt flakes
- Freshly ground black pepper
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/375°F/gas mark 4.
Put the game mince, sausage meat, minced bacon, chestnuts and thyme into a bowl. Mix well and season. Divide the meat into 50g meatballs – you should get 30.
Fry the meatballs in 30g of butter and a little oil to give them a bit of colour but don’t cook them any further.
Remove from the pan and put on a plate on the side.
Put the remaining butter into an ovenproof casserole and fry the onion until soft and golden brown, then add the garlic and cook for another 3 minutes.
Add the flour, stir well and cook out for a further 5 minutes, stirring gently all the while.
Now add the red wine and stock, stirring continuously until you have a smooth, light sauce.
Add in the meatballs, cover with a lid and put in the oven for 10 minutes.
Then, mix in the beans and put back in oven. Cook uncovered for a further 8 minutes.
Remove from the oven and serve with mashed potatoes or fresh bread.
This recipe comes courtesy of the Eat Game Awards 2019, an initiative aimed at recognising and helping to develop game as a vibrant and modern addition to the British menu, as well as encouraging the British public to discover and embrace this valuable food source. The Awards identify and celebrate the innovators, creators and revolutionaries in the world of wild game. Nominations for this year's awards are now closed, but voting is open from 15 November 2019 to January 10th 2020. Visit www.eatgameawards.co.uk
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