Casino Name: Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
Recipe Name: Bacon Wrapped Venison
Chef Name: Chef Kyle Cassaday
About the Chef:
Chef Cassaday has twenty-four years of culinary experience and has been with Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort for twenty-one years.
Recipe Inspiration:
The inspiration behind this dish is a celebration of North American woodland flavors and the traditional pairing of game with fruit.
Recipe:
- 1 ½ Pounds Venison loin
- 20 Bacon slices
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
- 1 Tablespoon Sugar
- 3 Apples, small diced
- 1Teaspoon Chopped fresh thyme
- 2 Ounce Vegetable Oil
- To taste Kosher salt & black pepper
Recipe Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Melt butter in medium sized skillet.
- Add apples and sugar and sauté until lightly caramelized.
- Remove from heat and toss in fresh chopped thyme, allow to cool.
- Cut venison loin into 6oz workable portions.
- Cutting with the grain, butterfly venison.
- Lay 4 bacon slices vertically, slightly overlapping the approximate width of the venison loin.
- Lay 1 strip of bacon horizontally approximately 1 inch above the bottom of the vertically laid bacon.
- Place 2 to 3 ounces of the cooled apple stuffing on venison and roll.
- Place venison on bacon mat and fold the horizontal laid bacon around ends and then tightly roll the venison loin vertically.
- Heat large sauté pan over medium high heat and add vegetable oil.
- Place bacon wrapped venison loin in sauté pan and brown bacon on all sides.
- Place in preheated oven and cook to desired temperature, approximately 7 to 10 minutes for medium-rare.
- Allow venison to rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
- Serve with smoked cashew squash puree, shaved Brussels Sprouts and coffee huckleberry sauce.
