Recipes with beef heart are not only tasty, but also differ in accessibility and are of great benefit, since the byproduct itself is rich in protein and iron, and also contains little cholesterol. Since the heart since ancient times was used for food by mankind, many peoples have a lot of options for its preparation. We will describe the most interesting of them below.
Beef heart - recipe
Beef heart can act as an affordable replacement for beef in a huge variety of recipes. We decided to add it to the list of components of the classical Greek moussaka .
Ingredients:
- beef heart - 1.2 kg;
- eggplant - 530 g;
- sweet pepper - 165 g;
- tomatoes - 560 g;
- onion - 320 g;
- garlic - 3 teeth;
- tomato sauce - 570 ml.
Preparation
Eggplants, if they are bitter, salt and leave for half an hour, then rinse, dry and fry everything with strips of pepper until blubber.
Onion grind. Purified and washed heart divide into small cubes and let along with the onion until the pieces are ready. Add a generous pinch of salt and crushed garlic.
Lay half the eggplant slices on the bottom of the baking dish, spread the tomatoes over them, followed by a layer of prepared, soaked, sliced into pieces of the heart, and in the finale the second half of the eggplant. Pour everything with your favorite tomato sauce and send the bake at 165 degrees 40 minutes.
Cutlets from the heart of beef
Asking the question about what can be cooked from a beef heart, few people think about cutlets, but in vain. The crushed heart adds texture to beef from the beef, and the latter helps the cutlets to keep the shape.
Ingredients:
- beef heart - 1.9 kg;
- beef pulp - 950 g;
- onion - 85 g;
- garlic - 3 teeth.
Preparation
Purified beef heart twist into mincemeat along with the pulp. Add the chopped onion and puree from garlic teeth to the mixture. Finish minced meat into portions, blind them with cutlets and generously season each outside. Grill for about 10 minutes.
Shish kebab from the heart of beef
Ingredients:
- beef heart - 1 pc .;
- red wine vinegar - 45 ml;
- garlic (paste) - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- Dried oregano - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- ground cumin - 1 teaspoon;
- vegetable oil - 115 ml.
Preparation
Having cleansed and rinsed the heart, disassemble it into cubes and marinate in a simple mixture of vinegar, pasta from garlic, butter, oregano, ground cumin and salt. After 4-6 hours, the pieces will absorb the marinade and they can be put on skewers. Fry the shish kebabs on charcoal for 4 minutes.