Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, brad's elk bourguignon w/ mashed cauliflower and parsnips. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
This blend of parsnip & cauliflower mash does taste like it should: it has a slight sweetness from the parsnips that comes through. I think it pairs gorgeously with the garlic and chives, but although delicious, it's not quite mashed potatoes. The texture, however, is pretty damn close to mashed.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have brad's elk bourguignon w/ mashed cauliflower and parsnips using 21 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Brad's elk bourguignon w/ mashed cauliflower and parsnips:
- Take For the elk
- Prepare 4 lb elk roast
- Get 6 slices bacon
- Prepare 1 LG sweet onion
- Get 4 cloves minced garlic
- Get 12 large basil leaves, chopped
- Make ready Around 10 cups beef stock
- Make ready 1 bottle good red wine, I use Cabernet Sauvignon
- Get 2 cups flour seasoned heavy w/ garlic salt, white pepper
- Take Also seasoned w/ onion powder, steak seasoning, & smoked paprika
- Prepare For the mash
- Prepare 3 LG parsnips, peeled and cubed
- Get 1 small head cauliflower, chopped
- Make ready 1/4 cup milk
- Get 2 tbs butter
- Prepare to taste Sea salt and black pepper
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready Other ingredients
- Prepare 1 loaf sourdough french baguette
- Make ready Creme fraiche
- Prepare Grated gruyere cheese
Cauliflower and parsnip marry for a delicious alternative to mashed potatoes. Who knew putting cauliflower and parsnips together would be so good! I didn't add any milk to it because my boyfriend isn't a big dairy person, and I added some. Cauliflower & Parsnip Mash recipe: "Switch up the old fashioned mashed potatoes this year and add some more veggies to this traditional dish!
Steps to make Brad's elk bourguignon w/ mashed cauliflower and parsnips:
- Chop bacon and fry off in a LG frying pan. Remove to a LG dutch oven.
- Meanwhile, cut elk roast into 1 inch cubes. Remove all silver skin, fat, or tendon.
- Mix flour and seasonings in a LG bowl.
- Fry onion and garlic in the bacon grease until sweated and translucent. Do not brown.
- Add the onion, garlic, basil, beef stock, and wine to the Dutch oven and bring to a boil.
- Add oil to the bacon fat. Roll elk in flour. Knock off excess flour and fry in batches. Add to dutch oven when done. In between batches remove flour from pan and add a little oil.
- Simmer the mixture for 1 1/2 to 2 hours uncovered. Stir often. This should reduce and thicken up nicely.
- Meanwhile add parsnips and cauliflower to a saucepot. Just cover with water. Bring to a simmer and cook until just tender. Drain water. Add rest of parsnip ingredients and mash until smooth, but slightly chunky.
- When sauce thickens and elk is tender, slice baguette on a bias. Butter and slightly toast. Spread creme fraiche over baguette. Sprinkle with cheese. Cover with elk and sauce. Serve parsnips on the side. Serve immediately. Enjoy.
Creamy cauliflower and parsnips combine with red potatoes and are topped with savory mushroom thyme gravy. While this mashed cauliflower recipe tastes complicated, it comes together in a flash. Elk is very lean and also very tender when cooked slowly on low heat (or quickly on high heat). It is very low in calories, fat and cholesterol and high in protein. Hints: I cook a batch of bacon in advance and keep in the freezer to add at the end.
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