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Wild Game Processing & Butchery
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BeginnerField Skills

Wild Game Processing & Butchery

Rating

4.8

Students

1,560

Lessons

10 lessons

Duration

3 weeks

About This Course

Field gralloch to freezer. Learn gralloch technique, transport, hanging and ageing, butchery cuts and safe hygiene practices for venison, boar and fowl.

What You'll Learn

Perform a safe, hygienic gralloch in the field

Transport game correctly to the larder

Hang and age venison to optimum condition

Break down a full carcass into prime cuts

Apply food hygiene standards to game meat

Syllabus

1

Field Hygiene & Gralloch

  • Equipment required
  • Gralloch technique step by step
  • Identifying abnormalities
2

Hanging & Ageing

  • Temperature and humidity
  • How long to hang by species
  • Recognising spoilage
3

Butchery & Storage

  • Primal cuts by species
  • Vacuum packing and freezing
  • Food safety certification

Price

69

Duration3 weeks
Lessons10
LevelBeginner
FormatOnline, self-paced
Certificate of completion included

Instructor

M

Marco Ferretti

Master Butcher & Chef

Marco Ferretti has worked with game meat for 25 years, training butchers and hunters across Italy and France. Consultant to three Michelin-starred restaurants on wild game menus.