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154 Serves 4 | Preparation time: 110 minutes + 24 hours for marinating Ingredients Preparation For the marinade: 500 ml red wine 250 ml water 1 carrot | diced 3 onions | diced For the saddle of venison: 1.2 kg saddle of venison, ready to cook 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. coarsely ground pepper ½ tsp. ground sage ½ tsp. thyme 60 g streaky bacon | sliced 500 ml stock or game stock For the sauce: 350 g morello cherries from a jar (drained weight) 200 ml morello cherry juice (from the jar) 200 g cream 150 ml water or marinade 1 tbsp. cornflour ½ tbsp. water or marinade Salt Pepper Sugar Accessories: Rack Glass tray Kitchen string Food probe Gourmet oven dish To make the marinade, place the wine, water, carrots and onions in a pan and bring to the boil. While the liquid is still lukewarm, pour it over the saddle of venison and leave to marinate in the fridge for 24 hours. Remove and dry the saddle of venison. Put the marinade to one side. Mix together the salt, pepper and herbs; then rub them into the saddle of venison. Wrap the saddle of venison in bacon, securing it with kitchen string if necessary. Place the saddle of venison in a Gourmet oven dish and insert the food probe. Place the Gourmet oven dish on the rack and place in the oven. Cook. After 30 minutes, pour over the stock or game stock; then continue cooking. To make the sauce, add some game stock to the Gourmet oven dish to dilute the juices. Drain the morello cherries, collecting the juice. Remove the saddle of venison; add the morello cherry juice, cream and water (or marinade) to the juices. Stir the cornflour into the water and then add it to the sauce to aid thickening. Bring everything to the boil and add the morello cherries. Season with salt, pepper and sugar to taste, plus the marinade if desired. Saddle of venison Settings Automatic programme Meat | Game | Saddle of venison Programme duration: approx. 50 minutes Manual Oven functions: Conventional Heat Temperature: 160–170 °C Core temperature: 54 °C (rare), 57 °C (medium rare) Booster: Off Pre-heat: Off Crisp function: Off Duration: approx. 55–65 min. (rare), 65–75 min. (medium rare) Shelf level: 1