Thursday, June 25

Hot Juniper Sauce for Game Dishes (sos jalowcowy do dziczyny)

Polish Heritage Cookery by Robert & Maria Strybel
Cookbook 27, Recipe 2 (Total 57)

We also chose to cook up our last lamb roast for Stephen's Dad on Fathers Day. We will be picking up the 1/2 a lamb we ordered from Mr. Bob Otis this Saturday from the Farmers Market.

Did I like it? Yes - it pared nicely with the lamb. We've had juniper berries for a while and this was the best use of them I've tasted yet. The recipe states "don't be surprised if one of you guests remarks 'this tastes like gin'".

Recipe: Saute 1 chopped onion and 1 grated carrot in 2 T bacon grease. Add 2 T flour and cook until browned. Add 1.5 cup stock and add 1 chopped tomato and 1 tsp ground juniper berries. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add 1/4 cup red wine, 1/2 tsp salt, pepper, juice of 1/2 a lemon and 2 garlic cloves. Simmer 5 more minutes. Blend and serve with roasted lamb.

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