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:

• Grate the sweet potatoes (either with a box/hand grater or a food processor fitted with a coarse grating disc).
• Heat the olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add the shallots and cook, stirring, until beginning to brown, about 2 or 3 minutes.
• Add the sweet potatoes and cook, tossing occasionally, until tender, about 7 to 9 minutes more (or longer if you like your potatoes crispier).
• Add the spinach and cook, tossing, until just wilted, about 1 or 2 minutes more.
• Note: I like to get my sweet potatoes really browned, so I may end up cooking them a bit longer before adding the spinach.
• Optional; add salt and/or pepper to taste. You could also add hot sauce to taste. It's up to you!
• Enjoy!

POTATO HASH

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy skillet over high heat.
• Add bell pepper, onion and celery.
• Cook, stirring often, until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add paprika, thyme, parsley, salt and pepper to taste.
• Stir in potato.
• Add broth; heat to boiling.
• Lower heat to simmer; partially cover pan.
• Cook, turning occasionally, until potato is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Keep warm until ready to serve.

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.