Venison bacon

[British Red]

Well, that worked

A while ago a great chap got a Fallow for us

Fallow deer by English Countrylife, on Flickr

We skinned and home butchered it and over the last ten days cured one of the loin cuts as back bacon and then cold oak smoked it. Venison is very lean so we used some home rendered duck fat for frying

https://flic.kr/p/2mZSf1Q

We ate the bacon on home made honey and walnut bread (both ingredients from the surrounding houses) with sloe jelly as the sauce. I don't like to over hype what we do, but if you get the chance, make venison bacon! Not an over strong game taste, but somehow "meatier" than the pork bacon we usually make. Really, very nice.

 

[Dougster]

I am not a huge fan of Fallow or CWD funnily enough (Sika and Roe are my favourite), so this sounds like an absolute winner and I will be trying it soon. Thanks

 

[British Red]

I am not a huge fan of Fallow or CWD funnily enough (Sika and Roe are my favourite), so this sounds like an absolute winner and I will be trying it soon. Thanks

Glad you like the sound of it mate. Full video on Friday showing the curing and smoking

 

[British Red]

For those who are interested, here is the step by step video on curing venison bacon