The Field Guideby Moss & MarrowThe Field Guideby Moss & Marrow
Also called hert, damhert, hertenvlees, hertenbiefstuk.
In the Netherlands, red & fallow deer are in season August to February, at their best in October, November and December. Red & fallow deer are in season now, in November, and this is the peak.
Red and fallow deer are managed on the Veluwe and in the dunes from 1 August to 15 February.
Veluwe venison comes with a stated origin; much of the venison in shops is farmed in New Zealand.
Protein, haem iron (more than beef), zinc, vitamin B12 and selenium; low in fat.
To get the most: Treat like lean beef: pink for the loin, slow and moist for the shoulder. Stock from the bones carries collagen.
Content per NEVO, the Dutch food composition database. This describes what the food contains, not what it does for you.
Treat the loin like good beef, served pink. Shoulder and shin make the best stews.
Bones make a dark stock, shoulder and shin go into stews, and the fat trimmed off is best rendered rather than roasted on.
1 producer in The Field Guide sells red & fallow deer, each checked against our inclusion criteria and listed by province.
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