We gathered nearly 150 recipes for all types of game from a variety of game lodges, food writers, and our own expert chefs. Whether you're a dedicated hunter or a cook who buys game from a game farm, you'll enjoy this mouthwatering collection of recipes. The book is divided into sections based on the menu approach. There are sections for appetizers; main dishes; soups, stews and chilies; and a detailed section on sausages and smokehouse specialties. Helpful photo sequences throughout the book show you how to prepare complex recipes. No matter whether you're a first-time deer stalker, a dedicated waterfowler, or a cook who buys game from a grocery store or game farm, there's sure to be a recipe in this book that will help you savor the incomparable flavors of the wild harvest.
Changing the Game is intended to provide the do-it-yourself sportsman with detailed guidance and proven, time-tested techniques that will optimize the enjoyment of his or her harvest, taking it from field to fork, and for home cooks who are hunting for new ways to up their food game. Author Craig Tomsky grew up in a traditional Italian household in Northern New Jersey, where he was accustomed to good food-really good food. He has coupled his uncompromising love of such fare with his passion for hunting for more than 30 years, and has identified key factors that will reduce and, in most cases, eliminate the undesirable "gamey" flavors that all too often result from inadequately processed and prepared game. He has also developed and refined with his personal flair many recipes from family and friends over the years to not only complement each game's most desirable flavors, but to help you truly transform your game meat into delicious finished dishes. Changing the Game is a total playbook that takes the reader from caring for the game after the harvest through Craig's "keys to changing the game"-specific techniques used during the butchering and preservation processes that will positively impact the flavor and tenderness of the meat. It also lays out a roadmap and recommends equipment the reader can use to expediently and efficiently process various types of game meat. Explanations that support the findings and preparation techniques are provided in relatable layman's terms via anecdotes that are sprinkled throughout the book.Changing the Game finishes with a multitude of delicious recipes-some new, many traditional-that reflect the many cultures that make up this great country of ours. They have been enhanced by game meat as well as Craig's selection and use of complementary ingredients to achieve complex yet delicate flavor profiles for each dish. Changing the Game also contains recipes for side dishes and desserts, along with wine pairing recommendations, to provide the reader with a complete game plan for an enjoyable evening that will leave your dinner guests asking, "Is this really wild game?"
Eighty recipes from chefs, cooks, and owners using a wide range of cooking techniques for preparing alligator, bison, caribou, deer, duck, elk, goose, pheasant, quail, rabbit, turkey and venison.
Looking for new ways to prepare the wild game you harvested this season? Do you need tips for processing your venison that will all but guarantee top-notch flavor? America s most respected chefs share their favorite recipes covering a menagerie of wild meats and a world of flavors. This illustrated cookbook features easy, step-by-step recipes that will please the most discriminating eaters. Napa winemaker Marc Mondavi lends his expertise to suggest wine pairings for each recipe."
The new go-to cookbook for wild game hunters in North America! Wild game also has the edge when it comes to flavor, and with that delectable flavor comes the benefits of essential fats like omega-6 and omega-3, which are critical components of a healthy diet. Enjoy seventy-five simple and delicious recipes for cooking the wild game through the recipes featured in this book, including: Hare Braised in Red Wine Peruvian Style Rabbit Sliders Black Bear Meatloaf Elk Medallions with Cranberry Sauce Antelope Summer Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette Reindeer Stroganoff Venison Stir Fry Roasted Wild Boar Leg with Mustard Caper Sauce Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno Dove Poppers Smoked Grouse Kung Pao Pheasant Southern Fried Quail Pan-Seared Duck Breast with Port Wine Sauce Alligator Gumbo Cajun-Fried Bullfrog Legs Each dish is paired with a suggested wine to further enhance your dining experience among friends and family. There’s also helpful tips on proper field dressing equipment, refrigerator and freezer space, proper packaging and storing, defrosting and food safety, and tools and kitchen essentials. Within the pages of The Ultimate Guide to Cooking Wild Game, twenty-five popular game animals are highlighted and discussed. Amateur and experienced hunters alike will enjoy learning about each animal's origin, range, migration and travel patterns, life span, size and weight, typical habitat, desired foods, why the particular animal is targeted, where it can be hunted, along with hunting tips and why it makes for excellent table fare. Whether you hunt for food, for pleasure, or for environmental management, know that you are engaging in a normal, natural, and innate human instinct that has been with mankind and our predecessors for hundreds of thousands of years and one that will be with us for many more years to come. Enjoy the hunt, and the tastes and flavors of your successes with a little help from this new book!
New Camping Section added. 300 Wild Game Recipes. Lots of professional suggestions for great wild game cooking results. Scott Leysath's Favorite Wild Game recipe book has been one of the bestselling wild game cookbooks of all time. Scott is the official chef for Ducks Unlimiited and many state waterfowl associations from South Carolina to California, as well as being connected with hunting and fishing organizations. Recipes include a wide variety of fish, upland game, big game, fowl and sauces that have won gold ribbons. Leysath is also on TV at www.huntfishcook.com. Accomplished Restaurateur, Chef, Author and Personality Experience ranges form corporate management of a chain of Western US restaurants to owning his own popular restaurant and catering enterprises in Sacramento, California. In addition to offering sensational domestic wild game dishes on his menus, Scott prepared irresistible entrees for customers who would bring their game to the restaurant to learn how to do it the right way. His cookbook is in its seventh printing and continues to receive rave reviews across the country. Scott also hosted two nationally-distributed cooking videos and can be seen and heard regularly on several radio and television programs. He spent four years on both sides of the camera on HGTV's 'Home Grown Cooking' with Paul James. When not cooking with the show's host or offering insightful cooking tips on camera, Scott served as Executive Chef behind-the-scenes. Scott has found his niche in gourmet fish and game cooking and has become the premier authority on the subject. Scott Leysath has served as official chef for Ducks Unlimited, the California Waterfowl Association, and other state waterfowl associations for many years. He currently hosts a popular TV cooking show titled, "HuntFishCook." Scott owned Silver Sage Catering and a restaurant in Sacramento. For the past two decades he has chefed for special groups, conventions, associations and believe it or not weddings. "Scott Leysath is himself a sportsman who understands the satisfaction of the chase. . .and the sauces and marinades that transform an ordinary dish into something special."-Sports Afield. "He's practically a crusader when it comes to teaching fellow hunters and fishermen how to make tasty use of what they catch."-The Post & Courier, Charleston, SC. "Viewers Choice Favorite On Airi Personality," - The Sportsman Channels "As one of the leading authorities on wild game cooking, Scott Leysath can make virtually anything wearing fur, feathers or fins come deliciously alive."-The Denver Post Look for Scott's new cable TV show: "Dead Meat."
Here is a lovingly prepared volume of 112 wild game recipes hunters, cooks and other lovers of good game can discover of creating superb, mouth-watering steaks, roasts, stews and other main dishes, as well as soups and sauces, from all kinds of fresh game.
