Venison Heart Sweet Potato Hash Recipes

SWEET POTATO AND VENISON SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Pierce the sweet potato several times with a fork and wrap in aluminum foil. Place on a baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until sweet potato is fork-tender, 70 to 90 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool enough to handle, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate and place on a rimmed baking sheet to prevent bubbling over.
• Peel skin off the sweet potato and place flesh into a large bowl. Add butter, milk, salt, pepper, sage, and nutmeg. Beat using an electric mixer until ingredients are combined. Mix in Cheddar cheese gently. Set aside.
• Heat vegetable oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, onion, carrots, celery, and garlic. Sprinkle with salt. Cook until vegetables have softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Add venison, thyme, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper, and sage. Stir to combine, breaking up any large pieces of venison. Cook until venison is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir flour into the pot and cook for 1 minute. Pour in white wine and stir to loosen any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Cook until wine has reduced slightly, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in broth. Allow mixture to come to a simmer; continue to cook until filling has thickened, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in peas. Taste and adjust salt and pepper as necessary. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Pour filling into the prepared pie plate. Top with sweet potato mixture and spread gently across the top, covering most of the filling.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is set and filling is bubbling, about 30 minutes. Allow to cool slightly before serving.

SWEET POTATO HASH

Steps:

• Parboil the potatoes for approximately 5 to 6 minutes in salted water. Drain and allow to cool to room temperature.
• Meanwhile, saute the diced onions in the oil plus 1 tablespoon of the butter until richly browned and caramel colored. This step insures that all of the onion's sweetness is developed. Cool the onions, then mix with the cooled potatoes, maple syrup, and cinnamon.
• Melt the remaining buttter in a 10-inch non-stick saute pan over medium heat and add the potato/onion mixture. Take care to pack the mixture tightly in one neat layer to saute and brown.
• Using the back of a spoon, form the potato and onion mixture into a rounded cake. When the potatoes and onions begin to adhere and brown, they can be flipped over using a large spatula or the back of a plate. Alternately, they may be simply stirred to crisp evenly. If you've flipped them, brown the second side. Serve hot.

VENISON HASH

Steps:

• Brown onion and potatoes in bacon fat. Add flour and make a roux:, add venison, broth and spices. Let simmer until tender.

VENISON HEART SWEET POTATO HASH

Steps:

• Trim off the top of the venison heart with the valves and blood vessels. Trim off all fat from the outside (venison fat does not taste good).
• Slice open the heart from top to bottom. Trim off the "heart strings.".
• Place the heart in a baking pan and cover with broth (either chicken or beef).
• Add seasonings and cover the pan. Bake 2 hours at 325°. At this point, I like to save part of the heart to slice for sandwiches, but it's up to you whether to use all or some.
• Put oil into a small skillet and add onion. Stir a few times, until the onion is just starting to turn yellow.
• Peel and dice the sweet potato and add to the skillet with the onion.
• Pour over the broth from the heart and simmer about 15 minutes.
• Dice the heart, add to the skillet and stir. Continue to simmer a few minutes, until the broth is cooked down and starting to thicken.