Festival's venison flavoured ice cream will take some licking
THE world’s first venison ice cream will be among the food on offer at a festival in the Cairngorms taking place at the end of this month.
Organisers challenged restaurants in the national park to come up with a treat that would tick all the boxes with the festival’s growing number of foodie fans.
And, after numerous taste and testing trials, the ‘buck’ finally stopped with Smoked Venison and Juniper Berry ice cream created by The Cow Shed Restaurant in Banchory.
It is one of 20 hotels, restaurants, local food producers and country estates taking part in this year’s Royal Deeside Larder Venison Festival, which will run from October 25 to 30.
Claire Bruce, of the Venison Festival said: "We wanted to create something that, like venison, was locally produced, healthy, affordable, versatile and just a bit different.
"It was ‘game on’ for a chef’s competition and The Cowshed Restaurant came up with the world’s first venison ice cream which is made by infusing the milk with venison before it is turned into ice cream and using their home made tuille biscuits for antlers.
"We can assure visitors that no animals were harmed in the making of the antlers!"
To find out more about the Venison Festival and the current programme of events log onto www.venisonfestival.com.
