The red wine sauce: stew the chopped garlic,
celery, onion and carrot in some butter. Add
fresh thyme, bay leaf and parsley. Pour in the
veal stock and red wine. Leave to cook for
around 20 minutes under a lid and strain. Boil
the strained sauce further. Season to taste with
a few turns of the pepper mill, a dash of old
balsamic vinegar and a shot glass of Stroh
rum. Thicken the sauce if desired.
Fry the bacon and leave it to drain. Fry the
pearl onions and caramelise them with a pinch
of sugar. Drain and add to the crispy bacon.
Make cauliflower galettes: steam cauliflower
florets until tender and use the hand blender.
Mix the mashed cauliflower with an egg and a
few spoonfuls of breadcrumbs. Season with
pepper, salt and nutmeg. Knead and if
necessary add some more flour until you have
a dry dough. Divide into portions, roll into
balls, press flat and fry in a pan with olive oil.
Cut pears into round slices. Fry them in some
butter and dust with cinnamon powder and
cassonade.
The reindeer burgers: Choose high-quality
reindeer steaks and put them through a meat
grinder. Season with pepper, salt, ground
cloves, cinnamon powder, juniper berries
crushed in a mortar and dried parsley. Divide
the minced meat into equal portions and shape
them into hamburgers. Fry them in oil or butter
until no more blood comes out when you prick
them. Let them rest, covered.
On the dinner plate: a reindeer burger topped
with a spoonful of sauce. Next to it the mixture
with the bacon and onions, a gallon and a slice
of pear.
reindeer burgers
with red wine sauce
Other:
bacon
pearl onions
sugar
butter
cauliflower
eggs
breadcrumbs
salt & pepper
nutmeg
plain flour
olive oil
pears
cinnamon powder
cassonade
reindeer steaks
cloves
juniper berries
dried parsley
Red wine sauce:
garlic
celery
onion
carrot
aged balsamic
vinegar
pepper from the mill
Stroh rum
red wine
veal stock
thyme
parsley
bay leaf
Ingredient
quantities
are
only
listed
when
absolutely
necessary.
Making
the
right
choices
when
following
a
recipe,
with
your
fiery
passion
for
cooking,
that's
creative cooking
!