Name: Neck and Shoulder of Venison
Ingredients: neck and shoulder of venison; thin paste; greased paper; venison sauce

Why it works: Venison and sauce work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 208 recipes. The science ↓

Neck and Shoulder of Venison

Ingredients

neck and shoulder of venison
thin paste
greased paper
venison sauce

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Cover the neck and shoulder of venison with a thin paste.
Place greased paper over the paste.

Roast and serve

Roast for 2.5 to 3 hours, depending on size.
Serve with venison sauce.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Venison + saucetop 26% of all pairs

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Cooked together208 recipes

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What each ingredient does

Neck and shoulder of venison: Is the main cut being cooked, so its size sets how long it needs to roast.
Thin paste: Covers the meat and helps hold in moisture during the long roast.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.