Foil-baked Roast Fillet with Mushrooms
and Rowanberry Jelly - Serves 4

Pure, gastronomic perfection – try very hard to acquire rowanberry jelly. It has a perfumed bitter-sweet flavour which marries so well with venison – redcurrant jelly may be substituted, but it is a very poor relation.

Ingredients

1 fillet (450-600g)/(1-1½lb)
1 heaped tablespoon rowanberry jelly
100g/4oz sliced mushrooms
1 dessert spoon crushed juniper berries
Salt and pepper

Method

Pre-heat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6

1. Season the fillet with salt and pepper and the crushed juniper berries. Spread rowanberry jelly over the top side and place on oiled foil.
2. Add the sliced mushrooms and wrap in loose parcel.
3. Cook for 30 minutes if you care for pink meat, 45 minutes for beiger.
4. Slice at the table in thickish slices and serve with a potato puree and one green vegetable.

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