Cranberry Moose & Rice - Eating Alaskan Wild Game

I had to sit this hunting season out to take care of our 4 month old baby boy (a job I wouldn't trade for the world!), but our crew was able to get the job done yet again and fill our freezer!  Speaking of that, here's a photo of the blessing we were given...that now lives frozen in our garage!  I tried my hand at a new recipe that I decided to share with you, and that is Cranberry Moose served over rice!   Like I mentioned, this fresh moose meat inspired me to try out a new recipe and it was a winner!  It is inspired by a recipe in Preparing Fish and Wild Game, an amazing recipe book that I would highly recommend to anyone cooking with wild meats!  With a little inspiration from the book and my own intuition, a new Cranberry Moose recipe was born! Ingredients 1 Tablespoons olive oil 1.5 lbs moose (steak or stew meat), cut into 1 inch cubes 1 large oion, cut into 8 wedges 1 cup beef stock 1/2 cup dry red wine 1 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/2 package (6-8 oz) fresh cranberries 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1/4 cup water 4 cups hot cooked brown rice parsley for garnish Directions 1. In a large Dutch oven (or pot), heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.  Add the moose cubes and cook for 4-6 minutes, or until meat is no longer pink, stirring frequently 2. Stir in onion, stock, wine, vinegar, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper.  Bring to a boil over high heat.  Reduce heat to low and cover.  Simmer for 1 hour, or until meat is tender. 3. In a medium mixing bowl combine cranberries, brown sugar, flour and water.  Stir into meat mixture.  Cook for 5-8 minutes or until sauce is thickened, stirring frequently.  Serve Cranberry Moose over rice.  Garnish with parsley. If you decide go give our Cranberry Moose recipe a try, give us a shout and let us know how it turned out!  Give it a tweak?  Let us know what you added and/or omitted to make it your own!  Looking for another winner, try our Chicken Fried Moose recipe!