Reindeer and Beetroot, Liver and Bacon

Fried beetroot, liver and bacon

Few days ago I was watching Come Dine With Me on youtube. Great program, I love it. While watching I felt that someone was looking at me through the windows. I looked and sure enough it was someone, or more like something. Staring at me was an organic free range reindeer. I think he or she was trying to communicate with me, saying ‘stop watching come dine with me, instead dine on me’! When I saw the reindeer I immediately thought of reindeer meat served with chanterelle sauce. Its absolutely delicious. The quality of the meat from the reindeer that I saw probably doesn’t get too much better. These reindeer feed on organic fruits like apples and stuff from the forest. They roam around and breath fresh air. They are very happy animals, which means delicious meat. 

I often see reindeers but it is not common to see one standing at the windows and staring at you. Very pleasant and strange, just like this fried beetroot, liver and bacon dish. The combination of beetroot, liver and bacon may sound strange but when you think of it, it should work in theory. The sweetness and earthiness from the beets, smokiness and saltiness from bacon and the irony taste from liver, combined with chili and garlic sound good together. In spite of the sound theory I did have some doubts in practice. Nevertheless I proceeded to make this since I wanted to use the ingredients and could not be bothered cooking them separately.

I am glad I did. I wolfed it down in minutes, it was good, and I was hungry. The combination really surprised me. The 'livery' or irony taste was subtle and the beetroots tasted much less earthy. All the ingredients had different textures, it wasn't a plate of mush. The beets were al dente, liver was soft while the bacon was slightly crispy and hard. While the different textures were evident, the same cannot be said for the color. Beets are bullies, everything was red. But I can live with that. The recipe is available here.

  

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