Recipe: Venison Meatballs with Creamy Mustard Sauce

These venison meatballs are great on their own, but pairing them with a creamy tangy mustard sauce puts them over the top. Serve over pasta or rice, if desired.

Venison Meatballs With Creamy Mustard Sauce Ingredients

• aluminum foil

• 1 pound ground venison

• 4 ounces mild Italian sausage

• cup grated Parmesan cheese

• cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs

• 1 egg

• 2 tablespoons dry white wine

• 1 teaspoon minced garlic

• teaspoon dried basil

• teaspoon dried oregano

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• 1 tablespoon butter

• 1 (8 ounce) package sliced baby portobello mushrooms

• 2 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves removed

• 2 cups half-and-half

• 3 tablespoons stone-ground mustard

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

• salt and ground black pepper to taste

How to Make Venison Meatballs With Creamy Mustard Sauce

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place a cooling rack on top.

2. Combine ground venison, Italian sausage, Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, egg, white wine, garlic, basil, and oregano in a large bowl; stir until well combined. Scoop meat mixture from the bowl and form into 2-inch balls. Place meatballs on top of the cooling rack.

3. Bake in the preheated oven until meatballs are cooked through, about 25 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

4. As soon as meatballs go in the oven, begin the sauce: heat olive oil and butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and thyme; cook until mushrooms are dark brown in color, about 10 minutes.

5. Whisk together half-and-half, mustard, and cornstarch in a small bowl. Pour half-and-half mixture over mushrooms, reduce heat, simmer for 5 minutes, stirring continually. Turn heat off, season with salt and pepper, and let sit to thicken.

6. Remove meatballs from the oven, transfer to a serving plate, and drizzle with mustard sauce.

Venison Meatballs With Creamy Mustard Sauce Nutritions

• Calories: 408 calories

• Carbohydrate: 18.6 g

• Cholesterol: 136.2 mg

• Fat: 24.5 g

• Fiber: 3.3 g

• Protein: 27.2 g

• SaturatedFat: 11 g

• ServingSize:

• Sodium: 636.3 mg

• Sugar: 2 g

• TransFat:

• UnsaturatedFat:

Source: Venison Meatballs with Creamy Mustard Sauce