Ingredients
- 135 on a meat thermometer
- 4 loin of venison (boneless)
- 2 cranberries (fresh)
- 1 bay leaf
- 475 gr beef
- 475 ml dry wine (red)
- 300 gr sugar
- 240 ml water (cold)
- 28 gr butter (cold)
- 30 ml olive oil
- 4 gr pepper (freshly ground)
- 3 gr salt
- 3 gr pepper
- 2 gr juniper berries
- 2 gr salt
- 1 gr juniper berries (chopped)
- 2 slices of lemon (thick)
- 2 slices ginger (fresh)
- 2 slices of orange (thick)
Meanwhile, remove and discard the bay leaf and the lemon, orange and ginger slices from the cranberries. In a food processor or blender, puree half the cranberries and half the liquid until smooth. In a medium nonreactive saucepan, boil the wine over high heat until reduced to half cup, about 5 mintues. Add the stock and bring to a boil. Add the cranberry puree, reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Strain the reamining whole cranberrie and add them to the sauce with the remaining quarter teaspoon each of salt, pepper and chopped juniper berries. Swirl in the cold butter. Slice the venison thinly (stir any juices into the sauce) and serve wtih the sauce, reheated if necessary.