Reindeer stew, a traditional Norwegian dish made with reindeer and mushrooms.

Reindeer stew, a traditional Norwegian dish made with reindeer and mushrooms.

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The Norwegian hunter’s stew: thinly sliced reindeer, simmered with leek and wild mushrooms, bound with sour cream and milk, and flavored with juniper and …

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The hearty stew is made with diced reindeer (reindeer meat) or another game. Juniper berries and a touch of blackcurrant syrup give the sauce its distinctive forest-like flavor.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time50 min
  • Total1 hr 10 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodsaucepan

Ingredients

4 people
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Directions

  1. Allow the venison to defrost partially, then sear it in a hot pan with butter, in small batches, and transfer it to a casserole dish.
  2. Wash the leek, chop it into pieces, add it to the pot with the water, bring to a boil, and simmer for 30 minutes.
  3. Clean and slice the mushrooms, then sauté them lightly in a pan, and add them to the dish.
  4. Combine the sour cream, milk, and flour, and pour into the casserole dish with the juniper berries and blackcurrant syrup. ≈ 4 min
  5. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes, then season with salt and pepper.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 750 g of venison (or other game) mince
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 1 leek
  • 300 ml of water
  • 300 g of mushrooms, preferably wild mushrooms
  • 75 g sour cream (about 5 tablespoons)
  • 100 ml of milk
  • 16 g of flour (2 tablespoons)
  • 4 crushed juniper berries
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons of blackcurrant syrup
  • salt, pepper

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