Sunday, May 5, 2013

Black Bear Steak with Peppercorn Sauce - Bear Recipes #01


Bring Down the Bears!
This is a delicious black bear steak topped off with a nice peppercorn sauce. Although the recipe is mildly time consuming, you will swear you were eating at a 5-star restaurant!


Prep time: 1 hour
Cook time: 30 minutes
Ready in: 1 1/2 hours

Ingredients

Peppercorn Sauce:
1 1/4 cups bear broth
2 teaspoons black pepper
2 ounce Johnny Walker - Black Label
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Black Bear Steaks:
4 (6 ounce) bear steaks
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 cup mushrooms
1 teaspoon minced shallot
1 clove garlic
2 ounce Johnny Walker - Black Label
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Directions:

1. Prepare Peppercorn Sauce: combine bear broth and black pepper in a small saucepan over medium heat. Simmer until reduced to 1 cup. Add whiskey and cream. Continue to simmer until reduced to 1 cup. Remove from heat and set aside.

2. Prepare the Steak: wrap 1 slice of bacon around each steak and hold in place with toothpicks, then set aside. Heat olive oil in large cast iron skillet over medium heat. Saute shallots and garlic for 1 minute. Stir in mushrooms and saute until soft, then set aside.

3. Place black bear steaks in skillet and cook as desired. Remove from skillet and keep warm. Deglaze skillet using whiskey. Reduce heat and stir in peppercorn sauce plus dijon mustard. Add mushroom mixture and reduce sauce until it thickens. Remove toothpicks from black bear steaks and top with sauce.

Enjoy!




  

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