Venison ideas?

I love to cook. I really do. I love to get in the kitchen with a rough idea of what I'm going to do, and improvise. I am really bad at following recepies...I cook by taste.

So last night, I decided to cook up some of the venison I harvested this last fall. In the end, it tasted quite good, but left me wanting more ideas for how to prepare this very lean, healthy meat. PLEASE post any success stories you've had...

1) Fried mushrooms with about 1/2 cup of white wine, and a splash of heavy cream over very hot heat with olive oil. Then I set the mushrooms aside.

2) sliced venison (rump roast) 1/4" thick and soaked in marinade*.

3) After soaking in marinade, I stir fryed venison in a very hot, large skillet with olive oil for about 60 seconds. I then added asparagus, red wine, red wine vinegar, a touch of brown sugar, oinion, and a clove of garlic. I let this simmer for about 5 minutes.

4) After 5 minutes, I served the meat with the asperagus, added the mushrooms, and drizzled an orange sauce* on the meat. Served with very creamy mashed potatoes.

* Marinade
1 thinly sliced onion, two or three garlic cloves, red wine vinegar, red wine, tarragon, black pepper, 3 bay leaves, fresh thyme, fresh parsley, dried oregano and orange peel.

Simmer marinade for 10 minutes to release flavor from onions and garlic. Let stand until room temp. Now ready to add meat.

* Orange Sauce
Regular off the shelf orange juice, red wine, tarragon, and heavy cream. Mix all together and reduce until thick.


OK...That's it...I think. Please give me your ideas!!!