venison pastrami

[uncle_lar]

well here's the start of a batch of venison pastrami
about 10# of venison roasts all trimmed and ready to go
I mixed up a batch of brine using Rytek's pastrami recipe,
plus I add just a bit of pickling spice and some fresh garlic
roasts were injected and put in the brine where they will rest
for 7 days. I will smoke them just in time for some nice Strami for our Christmas eve Party. I will post more next week
the roasts

the brine all mixed up

 

[fire it up]

Mmmmm....Those are going to be good.

Started some Christmas pastrami last night, beef though, and am planning on smokng them Christmas eve day.

 

[meat hunter]

I just set my venison pastrami in the smoker 20 minutes ago. I just hope it turns out ok. I didn't even think of trying Ryteks recipe. Will have to give that one a shot too.

 

[uncle_lar]

Ok, they are out of the brine, rinsed and soaked to remove excess salt
I seasoned 3 of them for pastrami and they will go into the smoker over cherry wood. the other 2 are just getting roasted for corned venison.
the seasoning

3 pastramis

2 corned venison roasts




More to come while they are smoking a little later
I am also doing a turkey pastrami but I didnt take any pics of it yet

 

[fire it up]

Looks like I am among a fine group and in good smoke company, not venison but I'm throwing on a pastrami in an hour or so myself

Looking good so far.
Happy smokes!

 

[uncle_lar]

this has to be some of the finest Pastrami I have ever created.
tender, juicy, delicious! I do all my pastrami with Cherry wood
and I love it more every time I do it.
the corned venison roasts that I did not smoke and just roasted also turned out great. I forgot to take pics of them when I took them out of the oven.
here the final pictures.... enjoy, and thanks for watching!

I pulled these out of the smoker at 135* they got about 3 hrs of smoke@ 200* I foiled them with some apple juice and finished them in my alto shaam oven at 200* until they where 165*

I had to unwrap them and do a taste test before I coverd them into the fridge. I will slice them up tomorrow after they cool

 

[meat hunter]

Awesome looking smoke there Uncle. It don't get any better than wild game. Points on a fantastic smoke.

 

[decepticron]

Looks great. Try it with bear too, turns out real nice!

 

[chisoxjim]

nice job Uncle Lar,

those corn fed Northern Illinois deer?

 

[uncle_lar]

they sure are, I got a 7 point buck, a nice doe, and a button buck
so fars this year. I have one tag left that I will try to fill with another doe next weekend.

 

[chisoxjim]

nice,

you shouldnt have a problem, there are alot of deer out this year, When I was out smoking on Sunday had about 8 of them run accross my property before I could get my camera.

good luck & happy holidays

 

[cbrhunter]

that looks fantastic! I shot a big ol' 5x6 Mulie this year and I've been looking to try something new - pastrami and corned venison sounds great - never thought of doing that.

cheers!

 

[beer-b-q]

Looks Great...