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Steamed Roe Deer or Red Deer Leg

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 pcs Roe deer or red deer leg
• Vinegar (a little)
• Onions (a little)
• Root vegetables (a little)
• Lemon slices (a little)
• Parsley (a little)
• Tarragon (a little)
• Thyme (a little)
• Pepper (a little)
• Juniper berries (a little)
• Bouillon (as needed)

Instructions

1. Marinate the leg in vinegar with finely chopped onions, root vegetables, lemon slices, parsley, tarragon, thyme, pepper, and juniper berries.
2. Let it rest in this marinade for 8 days, turning daily.
3. Afterward, remove the meat, strain the marinade through a sieve, and use a portion of it with bones and meat trimmings from the deer or with bouillon to cook a brown sauce in which the meat is braised until tender.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.