Grilled Beef Heart

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Mouthfeel: How Texture Makes Taste

By Ole Mouritsen and Klavs Styrbæk

Published 2017

  • About

Heart meat, along with that of other organ meats, has fallen out of favor in many Western cuisines, which is a pity because it is exceptionally nutritious. We might bear in mind the old Chinese saying: “Eat the organ you want to heal.”

Ingredients

  • 1 beef heart (about 3 pounds [1.5 kg])
  • Olive oil

Method

  • Rinse the beef heart and trim off any excess fat and hard bits of tissue and veins around the top.
  • Cut it into four or five large pieces and freeze them only as long as it takes for the surface to become a little hard.
  • Slice the heart into thin slices, a little under ½ inch (1.3 cm) thick. Use a meat slicer if that is more convenient.
  • Dry the