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Venison Cobbler

Venison Cobbler is ground venison and veggies in a creamy gravy, topped with cornbread.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings: 8 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American, Locavore
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

filling
  • 1 pound ground venison
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 8 ounces mushrooms diced, about 2 cups
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup flour
  • 2 cups beef broth
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon Worcester Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 16 ounce package of frozen mixed vegetables
topping
  • 2 8.5 ounce boxes of corn muffin mix
  • 2 eggs
  • ⅔ cup milk

Equipment

  • cast iron skillet
  • knife
  • measuring tools
  • wooden spoon
  • 13 x 9 baking dish or two 8 x 8 baking dishes
  • aluminum foil

Method
 

Filling
  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  2. In a heated cast iron skillet, brown the ground venison over medium heat. You may wish to add a little oil to the pan depending on how lean the meat is.
  3. When the meat is about half cooked through, add onion and mushrooms to the meat and continue to cook, stirring periodically to ensure that everything is cooking evenly.
  4. Add butter to the meat mixture. Stir until melted.
  5. Slowly add the flour, stirring so that it is absorbed as it is added.
  6. Once the flour is fully absorbed into the meat mixture, slowly add the broth, about a half cup at a time. Stir until it the mixture is smooth.
  7. Add the milk. Reduce the heat and simmer until the gravy begins to thicken.
  8. Add the veggies.
  9. Transfer the mixture to one 9 x 13 baking dish or divide evenly into two 8 x 8 baking dishes.
Topping
  1. Prepare the corn muffin mix according to the direction on the box. Spread evenly over the top of the venison-veggie mixture.
  2. Cover with foil (you may wish to spray it with non-stick spray so it doesn't stick).
  3. Bake half an hour with the foil on. Remove foil. Back 10-15 minutes longer until the gravy is bubbling and the cornbread topping is golden brown.

Notes

Save a dish and leave the mixture in the cast iron skillet.  Top with corn bread and bake in the skillet.