We have a freezer full of moose. I tried a steak tonight and realize it's a little tougher than beef. I suppose slower cooking would help with that. Does anyone have experience with cooking moose and can share a recipe or two?
If you've got a freezer full, you have nothing to loose by trying this out. Trust me.
This is a good trick for tough pork and cheap beef Blade steaks...
You need and electric frying pan (gives you good control over the temperature).
-Heat your pan to about 350F and add some olive oil. Give it about 20 seconds.
-throw in your (already defrosted) Moose steaks and brown on each side.
-Turn down the heat to about 250F and add about a 1/4" of water and simmer
(covered) for about
45 minutes or so. Keep adding water every 5-10 minutes
or so to keep the water level around the 1/4" to a 1/3" depth. Don't be afraid
to flip the steaks (this isn't the BBQ) as it's the steam that'll cook the meat and
with a lid on the pan, it'll make it very moist and tender.
-You'll find that some of the juice leaks out of the steaks, and due to the steam
leakage around the lid, you'll have a reduction sauce that will need you to add a can
(or two) of some cream soup (mushroom is always good but celery is a nice twist).
Just spoon it out right on top of the steaks right inside the pan and put the lid back
on...leaving the heat still at 250F.
You're 5-10 minutes away from supper now. Add a
healthy dose of black pepper right on top of the soup.
The heat and steam will thin the soup out and it'll run into the reduction after a few
minutes.
-Stir the reduction and soup together, turn of the pan, plate your steaks with some
mashed potatoes and pour the sauce over everything. Maybe a side salad to round
things out and you're set.