Game recipes

For the pancakes whisk together the flour, eggs and milk and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Heat the oil in a frying pan then pour in a ladle of the batter. Swirl the batter around the pan to make a thin pancake and cook until bubbling.

The venison loin will be quite soft, a bit like liver, so place it in cling film and roll it tight to get good shapes for the steaks. Refrigerate for an hour or so.

Put the stock in a small pan. Slightly crush the juniper berries and add them to the stock along with the peppercorns. Simmer over a medium heat until reduced by two-thirds.

First make the paste. Roast and ground the cumin, cloves and coriander, add a bit of grated nutmeg. Put this and the rest of the ingredients into a blender and blend to a smooth paste, if you need ot add a little water then do so.

Preheat oven to180C. Warm the oil in heavy casserole dish then lightly brown the duck pieces.

First, make the sauce. This can be done well ahead of time. Heat the olive oil in a wide saucepan. Add the shallots, herbs and garlic and sweat for a few minutes until softened. add the meat trimmings

Score the skin on the duck. Make the marinade: mix ketjap manis, soy sauce and 5 spice powder together and smear over the duck.

Place the duck breasts, skin side down in a dry pan over a medium heat. Bring up to heat and allow to brown for about 12 minutes

Put the duck legs into a pan, cover with water, add the salt and bring to the boil. Simmer for 60 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave the meat to cool in the liquid