Clive Younghusband's Venison Stew

• 4 pounds venison haunch, ham
• 3 cups red wine
• 1 1/2 cups red wine vinegar or white wine vinegar
• 1 pinch allspice ground
• 2 each bay leaves whole
• 4 cups mixed vegetables celery, carrots, leeks, roughly chopped
• 1 x sugar
• 1 x salt
• 8 ounces beef gravy
• 3/4 cup pearl onions trimmed
• 3/4 cup mushrooms
• 2 each garlic cloves crushed
• 2 pinch oregano ground
• 1 pound salt pork diced

1. Pour half bottle of red wine and half the wine vinegar into a non-aluminum pan.
2. Add bay leaves, allspice and vegetables.
3. Do not season.
4. Bring to a boil for 30 minutes.
5. Cool to room temperature.
6. This can be done overnight in the refrigerator but allow to return to room temperature before adding meat.
7. Strain mixture through cheescloth.
8. Discard the vegetables and spices in the cheesecloth.
9. Add 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons salt to the liquid.
10. Cut venison into 2 inch cubes.
11. Add to the strained mixture.
12. Let mixture stand in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
13. Saute mushrooms and onions until limp.
14. Add gravy, garlic, oregano and the remaining red wine.
15. Fry salt pork until crisp.
16. Drain.
17. Add salt pork to mushroom/gravy mixture.
18. Remove venison from marinade.
19. Throw away marinade.
20. Saute venison until brown.
21. Add to mushroom/gravy mixture.
22. Place mixture in oven-proof casserole and cover.
23. Bake at 350F (180C) F for 2 hours or until venison checks done.
24. Serve stew over wild rice with cranberry sauce on the side.

red wine, red wine vinegar, ground, bay leaves, mixed vegetables celery, sugar, salt, beef gravy, pearl onions, mushrooms, garlic, oregano ground, salt

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/clive-younghusbands-venison-ste-34876 (may not work)