Ready wild boar meat is tasty, tender, has a rich pleasant aroma and is not a bit inferior in quality to pork. It goes well with various side dishes, vegetables and fruits. It smells very fragrant! But only if it was prepared correctly.
How to get rid of bad smell
You can eliminate odor by soaking the meat in a 1-2% solution of vinegar for 2-4 hours, or longer if the piece is too large. In principle, this will be enough for meat from a young wild boar. In another case, it must also be softened. This is done quite simply. Have to take:
- 2 liters of purified water;
- 0.5 liters of dry white wine (you can also red);
- 250 g of a 2-3% solution of table vinegar;
- carrots and onions - one at a time;
- 2 bay leaves;
- 2 tbsp black peppercorns;
- a few cloves.
Place all ingredients in a saucepan and boil for 10 minutes. Cool the marinade and pour over the pieces of meat, cut into small pieces. Cover and refrigerate for 2-3 days. The meat processed in this way will be more tender and tender. Its preparation will be much easier, and the smell will go away. If you don't like the vinegar wine marinade, you can substitute lemon water or sour cream mixed with milk. You can also use bread crumb and plain water to soak meat.
How to cook wild boar meat deliciously
Boar meat can be used for cooking main courses and shashlik, salting, stewing and smoking, making cutlets, baking in the oven with garlic. But the soup with it will turn out to be quite specific, only for an amateur. All dishes should be prepared according to the same recipes as regular pork. Here's how to stew boar meat, for example. Have to take:
- 200 g smoked bacon;
- 1, 5-2 kg of wild boar meat;
- 3 onions;
- 160 g cooking fat;
- 3 tbsp wheat flour;
- 2 tbsp mustard;
- 800 ml sour cream;
- condiments (lemon juice, black pepper, bay leaf, and salt);
- 4 tsp table vinegar.
Peel the meat from the films and cut into medium-sized pieces, stuff with chopped bacon. Cut the onion into half rings, fry until golden brown, transfer to a saucepan with the meat. Add spices to them. Dilute vinegar with 12 tablespoons. hot water and pour over the above ingredients. Boar meat should be stewed over low heat or on gas, or in the oven. At the end of cooking, pour over it with lemon juice or a warm sauce made from a mixture of sour cream, flour and a small amount of mustard.
Note to culinary experts
In fact, any wild boar meat dishes, cooked correctly, will turn out delicious, juicy and aromatic. The taste of food can be emphasized with mustard, black and red pepper, lemon juice, wild berries, hot sauces. It goes well with fried potatoes or stewed beans.
