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How to Make Mixed Grills

What is a Mixed Grill? The mixed grill is a fine dining restaurant entree favorite that offers diners a selection of different meats and cuts on a single plate, often each with their own sauce or side. Though they may look fancy in a restaurant, they’re surprisingly easy to make at home if you’ve got a …

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Pan-Roasted Wild Boar Chop Recipe

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Here’s the basic method for roasting wild boar chops that will put any pork chop to shame. Drink Pairings: Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara or Zinfandel from Dry Creek, California Ingredients: Enough Wild Boar Racks to allow 1 Rib Chop per person Salt & Pepper Oil Plus: 8 cups of brining solution for the whole rack …

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How to Debone a Rack

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Frenched racks are one of the fancier cuts of meat and we carry several varieties. But sometimes you don’t want to make a crown roast or cut rib chops.  Sometimes you want something with all the bones out, a loin.  It’s very easy to separate the loin meat from a rack. How to Debone a …

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Lamb Rack Butchery Tips

Frenched lamb racks don’t have to be roasted whole or sliced into individual lamb rib chops. Here are two other ideas for varying their look.  While you can use a chef’s knife for these techniques, we recommend using a very sharp rigid boning knife for best results (particularly until you’ve got some practice). Lamb Spider …

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Roasted Wild Boar Loin Recipe

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Roast Loin Of Wild Boar w/ Apricots, Apples & Prunes by James Canora in New York City Recipe serves 6 people as main course. Main Dish Ingredients: 3 ½ – 4lb Wild Boar Rib Roast, boned, chine & rib bones reserved Salt & Fresh Ground Black Pepper to taste 1 Cup Apricot, Apple & Prune …

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Herb Crusted Wild Boar Rack Recipe

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Roasted whole and sliced into chops, wild boar racks offer both great flavor and a beautiful presentation.  We rubbed this one with a potent herb/spice crust for extra flavor, and brined the meat ahead of time to make sure it was moist when cooked. Drink Pairings: Chateauneuf-de-Pape or Priorat from Spain Ingredients: (Makes 4 Servings) 1 Large Wild Boar …

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Herb Crusted Lamb Rack Recipe

In the world of lamb rack recipes, you can’t get more classically French than an herb crusted whole roasted rack. This restaurant favorite is really easy to make at home, and a surefire way to impress guests. Traditionally this dish uses a blend of fresh parsley with other herbs. This combination of parsley, sage, and mint …

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Rack of Lamb w/ Morel Compote & Nettle Puree Recipe

Thyme Perfumed Grilled Rack of Lamb, Compote of Morel Mushrooms and Vidalia Onions, Grits Cakes, Nettle Purée This dish is an excellent main course to serve at an elegant dinner party in the spring. There are several different components here, all featuring terrific seasonal ingredients. First, stinging nettles are boiled, then cooked with butter, cornmeal, …

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Pancetta Wrapped Kangaroo Rack Recipe

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Pancetta Wrapped Kangaroo Rack with Roasted Cauliflower and Sage Butter This recipe accentuates the smoky flavor of kangaroo meat with sage and pancetta. Ingredients: 1/2 frenched kangaroo rack per two people 3-4 strips, or one sheet per half-rack, pancetta sliced ¼ thick ¼ head of cauliflower per person  Butcher’s twine or skewers Oil with a high smoking …

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Sous Vide Wild Boar Rack Recipe

This wild boar recipe would be fairly basic but for the use of sous vide cooking techniques.  Meats cooked sous vide (French for “under vacuum”) have a softer texture than those roasted or grilled using more conventional cooking techniques because they are cooked for a long time at a low temperature.  After being cooked sous vide, they’re …

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