“This delicious, one-dish meal was designed to be most flavorful when made with ground venison, but it's also fabulous when made with other big game or even ground beef.” - by MamaK
Ingredients
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Original recipe yields 4 servings
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Spread mashed potatoes evenly in a 2-quart casserole dish; set aside. Brown the venison in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crumbly and no longer pink, set aside.
- Heat the canola oil in the skillet, then stir in the red onion, garlic, celery, and red bell pepper. Cook until the onion has softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in cooked venison, and season with Worcestershire, salt, and pepper. Spoon mixture onto potatoes in the casserole dish.
- Stir together eggs and cottage cheese in a small bowl; spread evenly over meat mixture. Top with tomato slices, and sprinkle with cheese.
- Bake, uncovered, in preheated oven until set, about 20 minutes.
Nutrition
Amount Per Serving (4 total)
- Calories
- 547 cal
- 27%
- Fat
- 26.5 g
- 41%
- Carbs
- 28.3 g
- 9%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Reviews (14)
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"Excellent recipe, although I had my doubts about mashed potatoes on the bottom. I used ground elk sausage for the meat. Didn't plan ahead too well before I thawed out the elk, though. I was low on cot..." See moretage cheese, so used half cottage cheese and half sour cream. It had to cook a little longer than suggested, but it worked fine. Also was out of tomatoes, so I scattered a handful of halved grape tomatoes on top. I'll admit the meal looks kind of gloppy when served out onto the plate, but it was certainly yummy. Both my teen-aged kids gave it a thumbs up, too!"
Kelly
"This was awesome! My husband is very picky with how his deer meat is cooked but he loved this. I used sour cream instead of cottage cheese made it a little more runny but it was still excellent. I ..." See morealso added some seasonings to the meat such as liquid smoke...gave it a more smoked flavor! Overall a phenomenal meal and fairly quick to make"
ENOXALLEN
"A friend just gave us 10 lbs of ground venison, so I decided to start the cooking mission with this recipe. Two thumbs up :) we thought it was fabulous! I thought the cottage cheese wouldn't really "..." See morego" with venison, but was great additional layer of yum. Will definitely make again."
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