Drop Bear Pies!

[benno573]

After @Drop Bear kindly gave me a haunch of venison, I figured whatever I made with it would have to be named in his honor - hence the very recent invention of drop bear pies.

 

firstly, strip the meat off the bones and dice. Keep bones and gristle bits for dog treats

 

marinate the meat in a mixture of red wine, black pepper, fresh thyme, rosemary and parsley for about 4 hours

 

Fry off the meat retaining all fluids. Add more pepper, two table spoons of flour, 500ml of stock, any leftover marinade, 4 bay leaves and a big knob of butter and sit covered in a 150 degree oven for 90 minutes

 

Dice 600g of bacon (it was 750g but I was hungry), 3 onions and 400g of mushrooms. Fry them off separately, making sure you keep the bacon fat as well, it has to go into the mixture. Take the mix out of the oven, add the mushrooms, bacon and onion and stir to combine. Place back in the oven covered for another hour.

 

blind bake some pastry shells utilizing pie weights to keep it from puffing up in the middle and taking up valuable meat space

 

add cooled mixture to the shells and then chuck a lid on, add some stab holes to vent the steam

 

throw back into a 200 degree oven until they look delicious 

 

consume orally once cooled

 

thanks heaps to @Drop Bear for the venison, hope I have done it justice, definitely happy to take any more off your hands if you have extra. Tasted awesome, extra tender as well.

 

cheers for reading

benno

 

[rayke1938]

Bloody cruel. I am sitting eating dry toast and dribbling down my chin.

Did you drink the remaining marinade?

Cheers

Ray

[Luke Landrunner]

I like pie. 

 

[benno573]

3 hours ago, rayke1938 said:

Bloody cruel. I am sitting eating dry toast and dribbling down my chin.

Did you drink the remaining marinade?

Cheers

Ray

It all went into the mix ray, not sure how it would have tasted after 4 hrs with meat in it. Didn't look all that appealing. Maybe I could call it "boutique wine" and market it?

[Drop Bear]

13 hours ago, benno573 said:

thanks heaps to @Drop Bear for the venison, hope I have done it justice

Wow that looks fantastic. Well done!

I hope to get back to Kilcoy after easter. I only have a topside piece left so definitely need more!

[Drop Bear]

2 hours ago, benno573 said:

Maybe I could call it "boutique wine" and market it?

eeekkkk! 

[Drop Bear]

13 hours ago, benno573 said:

I figured whatever I made with it would have to be named in his honor - hence the very recent invention of drop bear pies.

haha awesome

[Angus]

19 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Wow that looks fantastic. Well done!

I hope to get back to Kilcoy after easter. I only have a topside piece left so definitely need more!

I will buy the carton

[benno573]

Happy to buy another carton just to be sure... 

[kmcrosby78]

YUM!!! And by the looks of the size of that mix you'll be enjoying them for a while yet

[Do$tylz]

That looks amazing Benno. I'm gonna have to remember to look at this recipe and make my own pies sometime soon.

[samsteele115]

bloody unreal