Top 50 Gastro Recipes: The Gunton Arms - Gunton red deer loin with heritage carrots

Head chef Stuart Tattersall's recipe for Gunton red deer loin with heritage carrots.

Ingredients:

  • 180g red deer loin per person (720g for four)
  • 20g wilted spinach
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Vegetable oil
  • Butter
  • Three heritage carrots, one of each colour: yellow, white & purple
  • 60g girolle mushrooms
  • ½ shallot
  • ½ carrot
  • ½ small leek
  • ½ stick celery
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 5 peppercorns
  • ½ tbsp tomato purée
  • 100 ml red wine
  • Splash of red wine vinegar
  • 1 pt water
  • 250g roasted venison bones
  • 1 tsp redcurrant jelly
  • 1 knob butter

Method:

  • Peel and chop yellow carrot with 100ml water and 25g of butter. Cook until soft; remove liquid. Blend until smooth. Season to taste.
  • Place white carrot in a saucepan with knob of butter and the seasoning. Cook until soft; remove from water to cool and reheat in the oven. Rub with cloth to remove skin and cut in half, lengthways.
  • Peel and dice last carrot. Put into saucepan on low heat with knob of butter. When just cooked, remove from heat.
  • Place girolles in boiling water to clean for 30 seconds. Cook quickly in butter.
  • Prepare wilted spinach
  • Season venison loin with salt and lots of freshly ground black pepper. Seal in hot pan with a splash of oil. Rest for five minutes, then flash under grill and serve.
  • Assemble dish.