Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  4             pounds  venison haunch or hamstring -- cubed & browned
  3               cups  red wine or vegetable stock and
  1 1/2           cups  red or white wine vinegar
  1              pinch  ground allspice
  2              whole  bay leaves
  4               cups  celery carrots leeks -- roughly chopped
                        sugar a good sprinkle
                        salt very little
  1       8 ounces jar  beef gravy
     3/4           cup  pearl onions -- trimmed
     3/4           cup  fresh mushrooms
  2             cloves  garlic -- crushed
  2            pinches  ground oregano
  1              pound  salt pork -- diced

Preparation:

1. Pour half bottle of red wine and half the wine vinegar into a non-aluminum pan. Add bay leaves, allspice and vegetables. Do not season. Bring to a boil for 30 minutes. Cool to room temperature. This can be done overnight in the refrigerator but allow to return to room temperature before adding meat. Strain mixture through cheescloth. Discard the vegetables and spices in the cheesecloth. 2>. Add 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons salt to the liquid. Cut venison into 2" cubes. Add to the strained mixture. Let mixture stand in the refrigerator for 24 hours. 3>. Saute mushrooms and onions until limp. Add gravy, garlic, oregano and the remaining red wine. 4>. Fry salt pork until crisp. Drain. Add salt pork to Mushroom/gravy mixture. 5>. Remove venison from marinade. Throw away marinade. 6>. Saute venison until brown. Add to mushroom/gravy mixture. Place mixture in oven-proof casserole and cover. Bake at 350 deg. F for 2 hours or until venison checks done. . Serve stew over wild rice with cranberry sauce on the side. Judy's note- I only use 1 slice of bacon in place of the salt pork. Gives it the flavor with out the fat. I use vegetable stock and vinegar. It also will cook well in crockpo

Nutritional Information:

298 Calories (kcal); 31g Total Fat; (93% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; 33mg Cholesterol; 670mg Sodium