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Wild Pork, Chanterelle, and Apricot Tagine
This wild pork, chanterelle, and apricot tagine is a Moroccan-inspired stew made with wild ingredients, best served with rice or couscous!
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The Intrepid Eater’s Top 10 Goose Recipes
These Top 10 goose recipes are my favourites using wild goose as the starring ingredient. Goose makes for superb eating if you cook it right!
Big Game
Moose Burgers on Bannock Buns
These moose burgers on bannock buns employ lots of wild ingredients and flavours, including cranberry ketchup, chanterelles, and spruce salt!
Fish
Pike Head Congee
This pike head congee uses a broth made from, you got it, pike heads to cook the rice. The heads add an incredible flavour and texture!
Fowl
Shawarma Spiced Goose Legs on Crispy Potatoes with Toum
These shawarma spiced goose legs on crispy potatoes with toum were inspired by the Lebanese shawarma shops in Ottawa that I often visited!
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Venison Steaks with Creamed Hominy and Pigweed
These venison steaks with creamed hominy and pigweed recipe uses both wild game and wild edibles to create an incredibly delicious dish!
Fish
Lake Fish Meatballs
Video – These lake fish meatballs are easy to make and a great way to use up some fresh or frozen lake fish fillets!
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Wild Pork Loin with Wild Strawberry Tarragon Vinaigrette
This wild pork loin with wild strawberry and tarragon vinaigrette is a gorgeous treat to eat in June when wild strawberries are in season!
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Canned Moose Poutine
This canned moose poutine is the perfect way to enjoy the moose or venison you pressure canned. A Quebecois classic!
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Boreal Venison Sausage
Video – These boreal venison and pork sausages are stuffed full of woodsy aromatics like spruce tips, spruce salt, and Labrador tea!
Articles
The Intrepid Eater’s Top 10 Pike Recipes
These are my top 10 pike recipes, all of which will take your northern pike to places it’s never been before!
Recipes
Senegalese Goose Leg Ndambe
This Senegalese goose leg ndambe (pronounced NAM-bey) is a type of bean stew found in Senegal, in west Africa. I made mine with wild goose!
Fish
Nashville Hot Pike Sandwiches
These Nashville hot pike sandwiches were made using a slightly modified take on the now-classic Nashville Hot Chicken recipe.
Fowl
Scottish Grouse and Oatmeal Soup
Video – This Scottish grouse and oatmeal soup, inspired by the hearty soups of Scotland, is the perfect thing to warm you up on a cold rainy day!
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Jerk Wild Pork and Pineapple Fried Rice
Video- This jerk wild pork and pineapple fried rice is an amazing way to use up leftover rice in an impressive way. Use can wild or farmed pork.