Venison Vegetable Hunters Pie Recipes

DEEP-DISH HUNTER'S PIE

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in boiling water until tender; drain and mash. Add the garlic, milk, butter, rosemary, salt and pepper; set aside. , In a large skillet, saute mushrooms, carrots, onion and green pepper in butter until tender. Add the venison, broth, thyme and nutmeg. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until meat and vegetables are tender., Combine the flour and water until smooth; stir into skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Spread mashed potatoes over the top. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-40 minutes or until bubbly. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with parsley.

VENISON & VEGETABLE (HUNTER'S) PIE

Steps:

• Preheat to oven 375 degrees F.
• Get two pans going: a large skillet for the meat and a medium saucepan for the potatoes. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the skillet and brown meat. While the meat is cooking, cover the peeled and diced potatoes with cold water and boil.
• After about five minutes, remove meat from pan, leaving any remaining oil in the skillet.
• Add 1 tablespoon oil and cook garlic, carrots, celery, onion and green pepper until slightly brown. Stir in flour and tomato paste. (This mixture will coat the veggies.) Cook the veggies for another minute, stirring constantly. Pour in the broth, chili flakes and boil, stirring constantly.
• Add the venison back into the skillet and season with salt and pepper. Stir in the mushrooms and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring often. The mixture will be thick!
• Put the meat mixture into a pie plate.
• Drain the potatoes and return to the stove, heating over low heat to dry potatoes a bit. (This will only take a minute.) Mash the potatoes with the half-and-half and garlic powder. Spoon the potatoes over the meat mixture and bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until potatoes are lightly brown and veggies are as soft as you'd like.

VENISON HAND PIES

Steps:

• Whisk together flour and salt for pastry in a medium bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until coarse. Stir in water with a fork until dough can be pressed into a ball. Divide into 5 equal pieces. Place each piece on plastic wrap, flatten into a disc with your hand, and wrap tightly. Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a large rimmed baking sheet.
• Mix eggs and milk together in a small bowl.
• Mix venison, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, onion, rosemary, garlic powder, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl.
• Remove pastry from the refrigerator. Roll discs, one at a time, on a lightly floured surface into 6-inch circles.
• Fill the centers of each circle with meat and vegetable mixture and place a dot of butter on top of each. Fold the dough to make a crescent shaped-hand pie and crimp shut with a fork. Cut a small slit in the top of each pie and transfer to the prepared baking sheet. Brush with egg wash.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the middle should read 135 degrees F (57 degrees C).