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Venison kebabs with carrot salad
- Prep time:
- 20 mins
- Cook time:
- 10 mins
- Serves:
- 2
Jun Tanaka’s spicy venison kebabs come with a crunchy carrot and cumin salad and a cool mint and yoghurt dressing
Ingredients
For the venison kebabs
- 2 large Venison, sausages
- 1/2 red chilli, seeds removed, finely chopped
- 1 tsp juniper berry
- 2 whole Star anise
- Olive oil, for griddling
For the carrot salad
- pinch Cumin seeds
- 1/2 clove Garlic
- 2 Carrots, grated
- dash of Olive oil
- squeeze lemon juice
For the yoghurt dressing
- 3 tbsp Greek yogurt
- squeeze lemon juice
- 3 tbsp finely chopped Mint
Method
1. For the venison kebabs: remove the meat from inside the sausage skin and place in a bowl. Add the chilli.2. Grind the juniper berries and star anise in a pestle and mortar (or spice grinder) and add to the meat. Mix everything together and mould around metal skewers to make kebabs of an even thickness.
3. Heat a griddle pan until hot and brush the kebabs with olive oil. Cook the griddle pan for about 2-3 minutes each side, or until cooked through. Keep warm.
4. For the carrot salad: grind together the cumin seeds with the garlic in a pestle and mortar. Add this mixture to the carrots in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper, a dash of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon juice. Mix well.
5. For the yogurt dressing: mix the yoghurt, lemon juice and mint together in a bowl, and season with salt and pepper.
6. Serve the kebabs with the carrot salad and dressing on the side.
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