Ingredients

VENISON MEATLOAF

¾ lb. ground venison

6 slices hickory smoked bacon

½ egg

½, 8 ounce canned tomato sauce

½ medium onion, finely chopped

½ cup dry bread crumbs

¾ tsp. salt

1/16 tsp. pepper

BUFFALO SWEET POTATO/PUMPKIN HASH

1 cup Tropical Food’s Buffalo Nuts®

1 sweet potato, diced

1 edible pumpkin, diced

2 tbsp. butter, melted

Salt and pepper to taste

BLACKBERRY BBQ SAUCE

½ cup blackberry preserves

1 ½ cups ketchup

1/8 cup brown sugar

1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

¼ tsp. mustard powder

2 tsp. red wine vinegar

Preparation

VENISON MEATLOAF In a large bowl lightly beat egg; add tomato sauce, onion, bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Add venison and mix well. Roll and press into 6 rounds. Wrap meatloaf in one slice of bacon per round. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, until a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees.

BUFFALO SWEET POTATO/PUMPKIN HASH Using a food processor, make powder out of Tropical Food’s Buffalo Nuts®. Cut both sweet potato and pumpkin into small dice. Melt butter in a large sauté pan. Add potato and pumpkin and sauté until soft, adding water as needed. Stir in Buffalo Nuts® powder, salt and pepper to taste.

BLACKBERRY BBQ SAUCE In a medium bowl, mix together blackberry preserves, ketchup, brown sugar, cayenne pepper, mustard powder, and red wine vinegar. Serve sauce over venison meatloaf with buffalo sweet potato/pumpkin hash.