Easy Pizza Roll Ups (Venison Shank Recipe)
Pizza Roll Ups are easy to make using tortillas and cheese sticks, and even more delicious to eat! This is definitely our 9-year-old daughter's favorite Venison Shank Recipe!
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 1 whole deer shank (from one leg)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cups venison or beef broth
- 1 yellow onion, peeled and quartered
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
- 12 small flour tortillas
- 6 mozzarella cheese sticks
- cooking spray
- 1 cup pizza sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Season venison shank with salt and black pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a 6-quart Dutch oven on stovetop burner over medium-high heat. Add shank and fry for about 5 minutes until golden brown all over.
- Add broth, onion, and garlic, and cover with a lid or tightly with foil, then place in the oven at 350 degrees F, undisturbed, for 3 to 4 hours. The meat should be falling off the bone at this point.
- Take Dutch oven out, remove lid, and use tongs or forks to shred meat off the shank bone. Discard the bone and any undesirable tendons or fat.
- Stack 3 tortillas at a time on a plate and cover with a damp paper towel. Microwave for 20 seconds until pliable. Microwave the second batch when you are ready to roll more.
- Slice the mozzarella sticks in half, lengthwise. Place 2 heaping Tablespoons cooked meat on the bottom ⅓ of each tortilla, then a mozzarella stick half on top of that. Then tightly roll it up.
- Place the Pizza Roll Ups on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet, seam side down. Spray lightly with cooking spray. Bake for 12 minutes at 400 degrees F. Serve immediately with pizza sauce or marinara sauce for dipping.
- Use any leftover shredded meat to make another quick weeknight meal like tacos or BBQ sandwiches.
