Northern Irish wild venison in Top 50 Foods
A Wild Sika Venison French Rack produced by Northern Ireland's Baronscourt Estate has been named as one of the Top 50 Foods by the UK Guild of Fine Food as part of the Great Taste Awards 2015.
The company is one of three Northern Irish food processors to
achieve three-star ranking in this week's Great Taste Awards. The
listing puts the company in pole position to win the Northern
Ireland Regional Fork for Northern Ireland's best product in 2015.
The judging panel commended the company, based on the Baronscourt
Estate, near Omagh in county Tyrone, for its "buttery" venison rack.The Guild of Fine Food said the judges were seduced by the "toasty, wild, hay and offal" notes on the palate and the meat's long lastingflavour.
Awarding the product three stars, the Great Taste judging panel alsosaid the French rack "looks beautifully prepared - it's been
butchered and 'Frenched' very carefully." They added that it had
"a really excellent flavour - delicate - not too gamey - soft, velvety, and tender. Faultless. Such a natural, beautiful piece of meat. A pleasure to taste. Cuts beautifully.
"What a wonderful looking cut of venison, deep, rich and medium rare. It eats beautifully and is not over hung, we love the smooth, richbut delicate flavours."
It had a "lovely sweet gaminess to this venison and the meat is verytender and has a wonderfully melting texture."
The small company also gained a one star for its loin of venison,
described by the judges as "beautifully browned in the pan.
Cuts really nicely with savoury aromas coming from the plate. It's
really tender in the mouth, with a lovely subtle venison taste.
Great piece of venison."
"A beautiful looking piece of meat. Wonderfully tender and full of
flavour."
Baronscourt's wild venison sausage also gained one star for being
"a good rustic-looking sausage with a rich, dark skin, and a good
amount of rusk, this has a satisfyingly complex range of flavours.
There's a lovely gamey, rich flavour…the meat is clearly good
quality."
The company is one of three Northern Irish food processors to
achieve three-star ranking in this week's Great Taste Awards. The
listing puts the company in pole position to win the Northern
Ireland Regional Fork for Northern Ireland's best product in 2015.
The judging panel commended the company, based on the Baronscourt
Estate, near Omagh in county Tyrone, for its "buttery" venison rack.The Guild of Fine Food said the judges were seduced by the "toasty, wild, hay and offal" notes on the palate and the meat's long lastingflavour.
Awarding the product three stars, the Great Taste judging panel alsosaid the French rack "looks beautifully prepared - it's been
butchered and 'Frenched' very carefully." They added that it had
"a really excellent flavour - delicate - not too gamey - soft, velvety, and tender. Faultless. Such a natural, beautiful piece of meat. A pleasure to taste. Cuts beautifully.
"What a wonderful looking cut of venison, deep, rich and medium rare. It eats beautifully and is not over hung, we love the smooth, richbut delicate flavours."
It had a "lovely sweet gaminess to this venison and the meat is verytender and has a wonderfully melting texture."
The small company also gained a one star for its loin of venison,
described by the judges as "beautifully browned in the pan.
Cuts really nicely with savoury aromas coming from the plate. It's
really tender in the mouth, with a lovely subtle venison taste.
Great piece of venison."
"A beautiful looking piece of meat. Wonderfully tender and full of
flavour."
Baronscourt's wild venison sausage also gained one star for being
"a good rustic-looking sausage with a rich, dark skin, and a good
amount of rusk, this has a satisfyingly complex range of flavours.
There's a lovely gamey, rich flavour…the meat is clearly good
quality."