Braised Beef Heart Recipes

BEEF HEART BRAISED IN WINE

Steps:

• Wash the heart and remove any fat and arteries. Slice the heart in half, then slice it into 1/2 inch thick slices.
• Dredge heart in flour and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat the butter in large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the heart slices and cook for 30 to 45 seconds per side.
• Stir in the onion, carrots, potatoes, thyme, beef broth and wine. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 1 hour. Serve.

GRANDPA'S BRAISED BEEF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat with a thin layer of extra-virgin olive oil. Add the onions, and garlic to the hot oil and sweat them until very soft and very light caramel in color, 20 to 30 minutes. Turn off the heat and reserve.
• Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add a thin layer of oil to the pan. Pat the meat dry and season very liberally with salt and pepper. Brown the meat to a deep brown all over, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Peel the potatoes and very thinly slice them lengthwise into planks. Slice the tomatoes working over a bowl to catch their juices.
• Arrange 1/2 the onions over top of the meat, season with salt, pepper and 1 tablespoon thyme. Arrange 1/2 the potatoes over the onions and dress the potatoes with a liberal drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil, about 1 tablespoon, salt, pepper, rosemary, and a handful freshly grated cheese. Top the potatoes with 1/2 the tomatoes and their juices, and season with salt and pepper. Scatter a few leaves of torn basil. Repeat the layers. Do not add basil to the top layer of tomatoes.
• Cover the pan and roast the meat in the oven until very tender, 4 hours. Cool and store for make-ahead meal.
• To reheat: Reheat, covered, in a preheated 325 degree F oven until warmed through, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Take off the lid of the pot, drizzle the top of the meat with oil, sprinkle with cheese, and broil to lightly crust the top. Cut down through the layers of the potatoes, tomatoes, and onions to portion the meat, serve in shallow bowls with crusty bread and pan juices.

BEEF HEART STEW

Steps:

• Dredge the beef heart in flour until coated. Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Fry the pieces of heart until browned. Stir in onions and water. Season with salt and seasoning salt. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 2 to 3 hours, or until the meat is very tender. Serve over noodles or mashed potatoes.

BRAISED BEEF HEART

Steps:

• Trim any fat off the heart. Use a pair of kitchen scissors to cut off any large pieces of the connective tissue around the top of the meat.
• Roll into a roast form and tie with string.
• Brown in the oil on all sides.
• Put in a dutch oven and add the onion, cut into about 8 pieces, and all the other ingredients, except the bread crumbs.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 4 hours, turning every hour.
• After 2 hours, add the bread crumbs.
• When done, remove heart and use an immersion blender or regular blender to smooth the gravy. If desired, you can thicken the gravy some more with a water and flour mixture, bringing it to the boil.
• Slice the heart lengthwise into 1/4" slices.

BRAISED STUFFED BEEF HEART

Steps:

• Season meat inside and out with salt and pepper.
• Stuff heart with prunes and chopped apple.
• Close opening with skewers.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of the shortening in a heavy pan with a lid.
• Brown meat on all sides,
• Remove meat from pan.
• Add onion and remaining shortening.
• Saute onion until softened.
• Return meat to pan.
• Add water.
• Cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours, or until meat is tender, adding more water if necessary.
• Add apple halves to pan.
• Cover and simmer 15 minutes, or until tender.
• Remove meat and apples to serving plate and keep warm.
• Place onion and pan drippings in bowl of food processor and puree.
• Place 2 teaspoons jelly in each apple half.
• Slice meat across the grain and serve with pureed onion mixture.
• Variation: Instead of fruit, stuff heart with fresh parsley.

BRAISED CALF'S HEART

Steps:

• Using scissors, cut all inner tubes, sinews and arteries from inside of hearts to leave clear, hollow shell. Wash inside under running cold water. Pat dry.
• Sprinkle inside of each heart with salt and pepper. Combine parsley, onion and lemon rind. Place half of filling in each heart. Add 1 tablespoon butter, diced, to each heart. Sew opening closed across top. Sprinkle salt and pepper on outside of hearts.
• Place remaining butter in casserole and melt. Slowly brown hearts on all side. Remove when brown. Add minced carrot, onion and celery to pan and saute slowly until vegetables just begin to turn golden brown - about 10 minutes. Stir in paprika and saute for 2 minutes.
• Place browned hearts on top of vegetables, add bay leaf and pour in beef stock. Cover and simmer gently but steadily over moderate heat for about 2 hours, or until hearts are completely tender when pierced. Turn hearts about every 20 minutes during cooking, adding stock if needed.
• Remove hearts when tender and remove thread.
• Skim fat off pan juices, then strain juices, rubbing vegetables through sieve. Discard bay leaf.
• Return strained juices to casserole. Stir flour into sour cream and stir into pan juices. Adjust seasonings.
• Cut hearts in half and serve with sauce on side. Noodles, spatzle or boiled potatoes go well with this.