Wild Boar Ragout with Bacon Dumpling

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Wild Boar Ragout with Bacon Dumpling

Le Grill at Kempinski Hybernská
Chef: Marek Fichtner “I spent most of my childhood and early adulthood growing up around the Krkonoš mountains. A very good friend of mine is an avid game hunter and brought me along for one of his great hunting adventures. One of our best “catches” was wild boar. He asked me if I could prepare some tasty “Czech-style treat” with this meat. A very popular dish here is beef goulash, so I though a variation of this would be nice. I replaced the traditional goulash spices with cardamom, cinnamon sticks, and juniper berries. I added cranberries and rose hip jam to add a little tanginess to the finished product. All in all, we ended up with a very well-balanced and enticing dish.” 

Serves 4: 

Wild Boar ragout

:
600g wild Boar Leg
250g onions
200ml red wine
150ml sunflower oil
50ml hazelnut oil
10g juniper berries
20g sugar
5g cardamom whole
10g cinnamon sticks
150g frozen cranberries
15g fresh thyme
100g rose hip jam
Salt, to taste

Bacon Dumplings:

200g bacon
300g flour (hruba mouka)
200ml milk
250g white bread
100g onions
30g chopped parsley
30g butter
Salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste 

Wild Boar Ragout

Bacon Dumplings

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