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myLot reputation of 96/100. albertwhisker (4532) 2 years ago

[if you found eating hearts as something gross, then this thread is not for you]

I tasted beef heart kebabs before and its very tasty and delicious, I never expected it to be much better than the mainstreme beef flesh. I may plan buying beef hearts at the end of this week.But I dont really know how I'm going to cook it. Anyway if there are some heart eaters out there how do you cook your beef heart? Where there parts of the heart that I shall removed because they may not be edible?




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1. myLot reputation of 86/100. owlwings (12358)   ranked 4 out of 15 in offal   2 years ago

Heart is excellent muscle (protein) with very little fat. As such, it is excellent meat with a very delicate and good flavour. We, in Britain, have always have considered them 'offal' and therefore a 'cheap' meat. Most recipes based on heart stuff them with some kind of grain and herb mixture (oatmeal or breadcrumb based). Heart is also included with various other organs in making pates and sausage type foods (heart is often chopped and mixed with the liver and 'lights' ... lungs and other parts).

The parts of the heart that should be removed are the tubes that lead into it, any fat surrounding it and any other tissue that is not muscular.

The best way to cook stuffed hearts is to bake (braise) them slowly in the oven. They do not work well cooked quickly ... fried or grilled, for example, though the outside can be browned before cooking in a casserole.


myLot reputation of 96/100. albertwhisker (4532)  2 years ago

SO it has more protein than fats, thats a good thing since liver was kinda fatty. SO they make good sausages and pates. I love liver pate's and its interesting to see that hearts can also be used. So they can be breaded and cooked in a crispy way? Thanks for informing on what parts i should throw away since I'm going to buy a whole heart. I may try cooking them in the open or maybe on a broiler.


myLot reputation of 86/100. owlwings (12358)   ranked 4 out of 15 in offal  2 years ago

Liver has little or no fat (unless it is goose liver where the geese have been force fed a carbohydrate rich diet and are practically already dying from obesity. The result is called "Pate de Fois Gras" and is quite disgusting to think about though delicious if you don't consider how it was made.

Yes, you could bread and fry heart but I guess it might be a little tough. It benefits from long, slow cooking in a slightly acid liquid (for example, with tomato in it). 'Soft offal' (such as liver and kidneys) are best cooked fast and lightly.

There are very few parts of any animal which are not nutritious. For some reason, the 'meat' (that is the muscular parts) are considered the best bits and the 'offal' was considered only good enough to feed to the hounds or to the poor people.

The rich and famous don't know what they are missing when they reject 'tripe and onions', 'liver and bacon', haggis or stuffed sheep's hearts.


myLot reputation of 96/100. albertwhisker (4532)  2 years ago

A TV show like Fear factor gave offals the negative potrayal of being gross. I wonder If I can use hearts for stews as well. So how would a sheep's heart get stuffed? Heart is actually not a popular offal on my country, i think people are more into Liver,intestine and skin. But heart is not really commonly eaten but compared to intestines, I heart is much cleaner I think.

I actually had Pate de Fois Gras but only a cheap version of it, its pork liver instead of Goose. We kinda call it Liverspread here at my country.

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