Wild Boar and Chickpea Stew with Red Wine Recipe

A delicious wild boar and chickpea stew recipe to keep you warm this winter. Give it a go.

Feeds 4

You can purchase our diced wild boar here

Ingredients

1 500g pack of Ben Rigby diced wild boar from Wild and Game
1 tin of chickpeas
1 onion, diced
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
2 tsp mixed dried herbs
1 bay leaf
1 stick of celery, diced
1 carrot, diced
2 tsp minced garlic
1 glass of red wine
3 tbsp tomato puree
250ml chicken stock
1 tsp sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive oil

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 150 degrees Celsius, gas mark 2.
2. Put a Dutch oven or similar oven-proof, lidded pot on the hob and pour in enough olive oil to thinly cover the bottom. Add the onion, celery, and carrot and cook for a few minutes until softened.
3. Add the garlic and cook for a minute, then add the meat and cook until lightly browned.
4. Add the herbs, bay leaf, stock, tomatoes, chickpeas and tomato puree, along with the sugar.
5. Heat until bubbling then put the lid on and place in the oven for 2.5 hours.
6. Remove and serve with mashed potato, polenta, or rice.