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Reindeer in chocolate sauce

In many regions reindeer meat is hard to get or quite expensive. Alternatively you can take deer, which is similar in taste and consistency, also delicious and tender.

The recipe is for 4 people.


Ingredients for the meat

800 g reindear meat
2 Tbsp butter 

Ingredients for the chocolate sauce

25 g unsalted butter
1 red onion, finely chopped
1 small chilli pepper, freshly chopped
6 large fresh mushrooms, quartered
250 ml beef stock
1 TL balsamic vinegar
2 sprigs of thyme
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper
50 g dark chocolate (70%)


Preparation of the meat

Heat up a pan. Melt the butter in it.

Cut the reindeer meat into medallions and sear them in the butter from all sides, so that the meat is brown on the outside, but still pink on the inside.

Preparation of the chocolate sauce

Heat butter in the hot pan and braise the chopped onions therein shortly until glassy.

Add the chilli pepper and the mushrooms and let everything roast at medium heat for just a few minutes.

Pour in the beef stock and balsamic vinegar. Add thyme and bay leaf.

Bring it to a boil and then let it boil down to half.

Pour the broth through a sieve into a pot. Season with salt and pepper. Let it simmer at low heat.

Chop the chocolate into small pieced and add them little by little to the sauce while stirring continuously.

If needed, season once again with salt and pepper. Serve the reindeer meat covered with the mushrooms and the chocolate sauce.

Deer in chocolate sauce with thyme mash