Our wild Reuben toastie with @missarahglover. We used venison from @fairgamewildvenison for this recipe but feel free to use beef! Also will be super delicious if cooking it on the stovetop rather than on a fire! If you want to give venison a try, hit up @fairgamewildvenison (if you live on the East coast) and use RECIPEARCE for 10% off.
Wild Reuben Toastie

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4 Sandwiches
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- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Serves: 4 Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 400 g Venison, (we used topside but could also use rump, knuckle, back strap or tenderloin. Or can use a cut of beef!)
- 3/4 cup Black mustard seeds
- 2 tsp Dill seeds
- 1 tsp Chilli flakes
- 1 tsp Cracked black pepper
- Salt flakes
- Butter and Ghee/Oil
- Sourdough bread
- Sauerkraut
- Swiss cheese
- Mayonnaise
Method
- 1)
Pop black mustard seeds into your pan and leave on high heat until they start popping (should only take a few mins).
- 2)
Once popped and aromatic, bash open the mustard seeds with a hammer, meat mallet, anything you’ve got. Keep crushing till they’re all opened up!
- 3)
Throw 2 teaspoons of salt, 1 teaspoon of chili flakes, approx 2 teaspoons of dill seeds and 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper into mustard seeds.
- 4)
Cut up your meat into three pieces so more of it gets covered in the rub.
- 5)
Roll your meat in the rub.
- 6)
If you’re cooking over fire, drizzle some ghee over the top of the rub. If cooking on a stovetop add ghee/oil straight to pan.
- 7)
If cooking on fire, place on rack over the coals. Can cook on BBQ at approx 200C or on a stove top at high heat.
- 8)
If you want it rare, cook on fire for approx 5 mins per side and on stovetop for approx 3 mins per side. If wanting it more well done then cook for longer.
- 9)
Cut up your bread while you’re waiting for your meat to cook. We are using a sourdough.
- 10)
Leave meat to rest for a few minutes once it’s finished cooking.
- 11)
Get some sauerkraut, mayo and cheese out onto a plate/board.
- 12)
GAME CHANGER- spread mayo onto outside of your bread.
- 13)
Then place cheese onto outer layer inside the toastie, add some sauerkraut, some thinly sliced meat and a sprinkle of salt. Add a slice of cheese on outer layer of other side of toast too and make sure outside of lid has mayo spread on it too.
- 14)
Place into fry pan with ghee or butter inside it, sprinkle with some salt.
- 15)
Place heavy weight (i.e another pot or pan) on top to smash the toastie down.
- 16)
Flip after 2-3 mins and cook on other side with weight on top.
- 17)
After 2-3 minutes on second side, remove from pan.
- 18)
Cut in half, and top with another sprinkle of salt!