Ground Elk Casserole Food

GROUND ELK CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• In a Large dutch oven Brown Elk, onion, garlic and green pepper in your skillet with 1 tablespoons Olive Oil until fully cooked. Drain the meat mixture and rinse with hot water, this helps remove any "game" taste your meat may have.
• Return to your pot and season with salt and pepper. Add in the tomatoes, corn, beans, cooked pasta, and chili powder. Mix well.
• Top with shredded cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes until cheese is melted and it's hot through.

HUNTER'S VENISON CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spread mashed potatoes evenly in a 2-quart casserole dish; set aside. Brown the venison in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crumbly and no longer pink, set aside.
• Heat the canola oil in the skillet, then stir in the red onion, garlic, celery, and red bell pepper. Cook until the onion has softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in cooked venison, and season with Worcestershire, salt, and pepper. Spoon mixture onto potatoes in the casserole dish.
• Stir together eggs and cottage cheese in a small bowl; spread evenly over meat mixture. Top with tomato slices, and sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, in preheated oven until set, about 20 minutes.

GROUND VENISON CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Chop the root vegetables into roughly bite-sized chunks. Roast the root vegetables together in the oven after coating lightly with about a teaspoon of the oil. Roast with the rosemary and some ground pepper for about 40 minutes at 350°F, or until at a good eating texture.
• While roasting, remove most of the outer paper peel on the garlic, coat lightly with a few drops of the oil, then wrap in foil and roast in the same oven at 350°F for about 30 minutes. Keep both this and the ingredients of the previous step warm.
• In a saute pan, place the rest of the oil and heat to moderate on your range top. Add the mushrooms and the ground venison, being sure to break up chunks and stir often. Add the sauce and seasonings including more ground pepper. You may add the bell pepper here, too; I just simply prefer it al dente.
• Simmer and stir until the mushrooms are cooked and the venison has just turned no longer pink. (You may add more Worcestershire sauce if the mixture is not moist enough enough.)
• Mix into a casserole dish with the roasted garlic - squeeze it so that the garlic pulp comes out, and discard the rest of the head. Mix in the root vegetables, and then the asparagus (broken into bite sized pieces), hearts of palm (sliced crossways) and the bell pepper (de-seeded and chopped) if you not have already added the latter.
• Immediately bake at 350°F for approximately ten minutes, and enjoy.
• If you've prepped this earlier for heating as a casserole later, yes, you'll need to cook this final stage longer.

ELK SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two, then mash with salt, pepper, 2 tablespoons butter, and half-and-half; set aside.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Meanwhile, stir together the elk meat, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper in a skillet over medium-high heat until crumbly and no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Spread the cooked elk meat into a 9-inch pie plate or baking dish and return the skillet to the stove over medium heat.
• Place the onion, parsnip, and garlic powder in the skillet, season to taste with salt and pepper, and cook until the turnip has softened, about 10 minutes. Stir in the mixed vegetables and cook an additional 5 minutes, then spread in the pie plate over the elk. Finally, spread the mashed potatoes evenly over the top, and brush the melted butter on the potatoes.
• Bake in preheated oven until the potatoes begin to turn golden brown, about 30 minutes. Serve hot.