Liz from Liz’s Larder has kindly given me a couple of her delicious recipes for Venison to put up here so that you can all try and enjoy.
Norwegian Venison
Serves 6 people
225ml (8fl oz) wine vinegar
225ml (8fl oz) water
1kg (2.2lb) Venison cut into 5cm (2inch) cubes
Seasoned flour
2 medium carrots sliced
1/2 head of celery sliced
2 medium onions sliced
40g (1.5oz) butter
600ml (1 pint) strong ale
225ml (8fl oz) sour cream
1 tbs dill chopped
Marinade the meat for at least 2 hours in the vinegar and water. Drain, dry and dust with the seasoned flour.
Melt the butter in a large casserole pan and toss in the sliced vegetables and coat with the butter.
Preheat the oven to 180c or gas 4.
Put the floured meat into the casserole with the vegetables and add the ale.
Cook covered for about 1 hour. Strain the juices into a clean pan and reduce if necessary. Mix in the soured cream, pour over the meat and cover for a further hour.
Sprinkle with dill and serve.
Venison Tagine with Dates
Serves 6 people
1kg (2lb 4oz) Venison haunch or shoulder boned or cubed
30g (1oz) butter
1 onion finely chopped
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
55g (2oz) chopped dried dates
Good pinch of saffron threads
2 tbs honey
2 tbs lemon juice
200g (7oz) fresh or dessert dates pitted
15g (0.5oz) butter extra
40g (1.5oz) slivered almonds
In a large pan melt the butter and gently cook the onion until softened. Add the ginger, cinnamon and black pepper, stir for 1 minute.
Increase the heat to high, add the venison and stir until the colour of the meat changes. Reduce the heat; add 375ml (13fl oz) water, the chopped dates & saffron.
Add 1 tsp of salt. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 1.5 hours, stirring occasionally to prevent the sauce sticking as the dates cook down to a puree.
Stir in the honey and lemon juice and adjust the seasoning. Put the pitted dates on top, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the dates are plump.
Melt the extra butter in a small frying pan and add the almonds and brown slightly, stirring often. Tip onto a plate to prevent over browning.
Remove the whole dates from the top of the venison, set them aside with the almonds. Ladle the meat onto serving dishes and scatter with the dates and almonds to serve.
We hope you try and enjoy these recipes and please feel free to let us know your thoughts.
The TanaLonga is a five mile ‘gastro ramble’ through Glen Tanar, marrying together walking, food and drink. Walkers will stop at regular intervals to partake in a three course meal al fresco.
A number of local Deeside restaurants, hotels and food and drink producers will prepare and dish up each course on Sunday 26 September to highlight the region’s diverse food and drink offering.
“Walkers will dine on a breakfast of muffins, scones and pastries, a tasty starter and main course and delicious deserts in a numerous locations on the estate. They’ll be able to listen to tales of days gone by from the story tellers and sneak a dram or two in as they make their way along the route. Royal Deeside Larder is exceptionally rich and full of premium products such as world class Aberdeen Angus, Highland game, venison mince, artisan cheeses, malt whisky, the quirkily named Spotty Pig pork pie and traditional handmade boiled sweets to name but a few.”
To find out more about the event and to book tickets visit
www.activeaboyne.co.uk/tanalongawalk or contact the Glen Tanar Estate Office on 013398 86451 or email us on info@glentanar.co.uk
The new S6 pupils from Aboyne Academy have been finding out more about the importance of conservation with a little help from us here at Glen Tanar. The pupils spent two days here on Thursday 10th & Friday 11th June.
During their visit, the pupils learnt about the estate, and the activities that the team here at Glen Tanar undertake to maintain and preserve the important wildlife, rivers and landscapes. The pupils participated in a day of team building activities during which they restored two Victorian wells, thus helping to conserve the cultural heritage. They also undertook important natural heritage work, maintaining native tree plantings.
Mr Maio, deputy rector of Aboyne Academy says, “This was a great experience for the pupils. As well as educating them about the importance of conservation and the diverse range of wildlife and endangered species that is on their doorstep, they all had a great day working together and learning more about team skills through various activities.”
Eric Baird, head ranger here at Glen Tanar Estate, says, “We get many school visits to the estate, which we are happy to support and actively encourage as it allows us to increase the awareness of the important work that takes place on the estate.”
A Dog's Day Out At Glen Tanar
On Saturday 1st of May Glen Tanar hosted A Dog’s Day Out. This was a day for members of the public to come along with their dogs to learn more about where and what we can or cannot do in the countryside with our pets.
Fran Pothecary, Outdoor Access Officer for the Cairngorms National Park Authority and Pam Patterson, Dog Trainer were running the day alongside Eric Baird & Mike Martin, Rangers at Glen Tanar.
The day started with a small test for all attendees to find out their knowledge of the do’s and dont’s in the countryside. After this we had a discussion with Pam which then moved outside with our dogs for some basic dog obedience. It was then back indoors for some more group discussions which took us up to lunch time. Lunch was served by Liz Peck of Liz’s Larder and the lovely soup was enjoyed by all on the wet, windy day.
After lunch we were joined by Paddy Wright who is a Farmer from Ballater. He came with us and our dogs on a walk on the Estate and pointed out things that from a Farmer’s point of view, we the public may miss or not pay attention to. Examples of this is climbing over electric fences to get access into a field that may appear empty when actually once you get over a wee hump in the hill you are met by several angry cattle with young ones.
As members of the public we should respect peoples land and the animals that they have grazing on it and not enter fields especially when there are young animals around. This could certainly end up with the loss of not just your dog’s life but yours too.
Have a look at the Scottish Outdoor Access code for more information.
Glen Tanar Ranger Service would like to invite anyone to come along and take part in walking to health on the Estate. This will be taking place every Friday starting from Friday the 9th of April 2010.
A minibus will be picking people up from the Health centre in Aboyne at 09.30, the chemist at 09.35 and the Boat Inn at 09.40. The bus will then take you to Glen Tanar where you will be met by the Ranger Service.
The walk will take no longer than 1 hour and afterwards you will be taken back to Aboyne to enjoy a cup of tea and a chat back at the Boat.
for further information please contact Alan Melrose on 013398 80081.
Glen Tanar is flying high in the sky at the moment in the Eastern Airways Inflight Magazine.
Last September we had Tom Boden staying with us on a press trip to see what Glen Tanar offers in a range of activities and accommodation. He took part in a Bushcraft & survival training course while he was here and the article that he has published you will be able to see below.
For those of you who want to catch a glimpse of life here on Deeside we now have two videos on the site for you to enjoy. The first is our new Glen Tanar promotional video which shows scenes of the local mountains and landscape, wildlife and birds, local characters and hard-working estate staff, visitors to our holiday cottages and some of the weddings and events what we host here.
The Glen Tanar video is also available on Youtube so if anyone would like to embed it then you can do so from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cryK5cPwy2o
The second video is about Salmon and Trout Fishing and is a section from Sky TV’s fishing programme Tight Lines featuring expert angler and TV presenter Fiona Armstrong, who visited Glen Tanar to fish on our stretch of the River Dee and on our trout loch. Fiona is a great fan of the Dee and really appreciated the quiet seclusion and wide open spaces of our beats.
Enjoy both videos and please let us know if you have any problems viewing them. They’re both quite large in order to maintain as much quality as possible so there may be a little buffering when downloading them, but we hope we’ve got the best balance between viewing and loading.
Today on Monday 1st of March 2010 we are very happy to say that the Salmon Fishing on Glen Tanar’s beats has officially started for the season.
Here at Glen Tanar we have 4 beats on the famous River Dee, these beats are Headinch & Cambus O’ May, Deecastle & Dinnet, Waterside & Ferrar & Craigendinnie.
Despite all of the heavy snow and ice that we have been experiencing this Winter and are still working around today, we have managed to get the Fishing started. We hope that the fishermen that we have out on the River this week will still manage to catch some fish despite being surrounded by snow.
Dogs in the Countryside Event will be held here at Glen Tanar Estate on Saturday 20th of February 2010. This event is intended to be an enjoyable and informative day about taking access in the Scottish Countryside with your dog.
Sessions will cover information on the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, canine psychology and opportunities for people to test their dog’s obedience.
This event is fully booked and has a waiting list but if you require any further information then please contact Andy Rockall on AndyRockall@Cairngorms.co.uk
Nature’s Calender with presenter Chris Packham will be re-shown on Wednesday 3rd of February at 11am on BBC2 and will then be available on BBC iplayer soon after.
Estate News | Robyn | 
September 7, 2010 5:48 pm | 
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