Tag: Wild Boar

Blackberry Sauce

  • In Gvara (yes this spelling) restaurant in Gdańsk, I had wild boar tenderloin with blackberry (jeżiny – in Polish) sauce.
  • Wild game and similar is very popular in this region.
  • It was delicious – the sauce being just slightly sweet and the berries fresh tasting.
  • I just had to try this out now that I am back home.
  • The blackberries were on sale in a local supermarket and were English grown.
  • Slightly earlier in the year I might have been able to pick some from local hedgerows.
  • You might find some frozen in shops –  I will have to see.
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  • I decided to make this sauce and serve it with a pork tenderloin – It would also be good with pan fried loin or chops.
  • I cooked my tenderloin, wrapped in foil with some mixed herbs.
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  • You can also serve the sauce with yoghurt or budyń or ice cream etc.

Ingredients

  • The quantities are approximate
  • The sugar will depend on the sweetness of the blackberries.
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  • 200g of blackberries
  • 125ml of water
  • 2-3 tablespoons of granulated sugar.

Method

  • In a small saucepan add the water to the blackberries.
  • Heat slowly for a few minutes.
  • Sieve out the berries and keep to one side – this is to keep them fresh tasting.
  • Reduce the amount of liquid by heating for a few minutes.
  • Put back the blackberries and stir and heat a little.
  • Add the sugar (maybe 1 tablespoon at a time) and taste.
  • The sauce does not want to be too sweet.
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  • Serve straight away.
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  • Can also be served cooled with yoghurt for example.

Back from Gdańsk

  • I am back from a short trip to Gdańsk.
  • This year is was dry nearly all the time – often with blue skies.
  • We went to some old favourite restaurants, bought pastries from bakeries and tried new places to eat.
  • I read that the local food here is fish and wild game and tried some duck pierogi again as well as wild boar – dzik in Polish.
  • The sign translates as – Sooo delicious because they are Polish.
  • In my next posts I will look at some recipes from my last visits and some new ones discovered this time.