Many people wonder how to cook game meat - whether it needs to be marinated, what marinade to use and what spices to season it with. Here are some tips that will help you when cooking game meat.
In general, there are no standard spices to use for game meat. Salt and black pepper are always mandatory, but any flavors can be added to them, including cinnamon and vanilla. The important thing about game meat is that it must always sit in the marinade to soften and become more tender and tasty. The marinade can be cold or pre-boiled for a few minutes and can contain various spices.
Marinades can be savory, fruity, or dairy, depending on what flavor you want. It is common, for example, in French cuisine, as well as for Asian cuisine, for the meat to have a sweet flavor. In this case, a marinade made from fruits - kiwi, melon or pineapple - is most suitable. With fruit marinades, however, care must be taken not to leave the meat in the marinade for too long, because it can dry out. Poultry meat should never be left in the marinade for more than 2 hours.
In the kitchen, dairy-based marinades are also used for marinating game meat and they are always effective. However, the most common marinade is the one with salt and vinegar, which suits any type of meat. With it, the game meat becomes much more tender, but keep in mind that it shortens the cooking time by almost half, which is why you need to be careful during its heat treatment.
The amount of the products listed below depends on the size of the meat, but it is considered that half a cup of the marinade is enough for about 450-500 g of meat. And the best thing about this marinade is that it is suitable for any type of game meat - whether it is rabbit, wild boar, partridge or wild duck.
Ingredients required for the marinade: 2 L of water, 500 ml of wine, 250 ml of vinegar, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 2 bay leaves, 20 black peppercorns, 1 tsp. salt, 2 cloves.
The carrots and onions are coarsely chopped and all the ingredients are mixed. You can add a few unpeeled cloves of garlic and a few grains of allspice. This marinade can be cold, but it is best to boil it for about 10 minutes and after it has cooled completely, immerse the game meat in it.
It is best to soak the meat in a glass container and if it is not well covered, turn it over from time to time so that it absorbs the sauce from all sides. After it has been left in it for about 1 day, it is ready to be seasoned with whatever spices you want.
Other suitable spices that can make game meat taste irresistible are black cumin, cardamom, as well as small fruits such as juniper and blueberries.
Find out also how to remove the smell from game meat and learn how to roast game meat properly. Also find out which sauces are suitable for game meat and be sure to try our game meat recipes.
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