I don´t eat pork, but wanted to explore a bit with organ meats and this was the only heart that was available at the supermarket. I was positively surprised, deep rich gamey flavour and pleasant structure after couple of hours in the oven. I ate the whole thing at once because it was delicious. Makes you think why metabolically active tissue like heart is closer to game meat, instead of being colourless tasteless crap like most industrially produced muscle meats.
Some recipes call for keeping the heart under water overnight for dissolving any blood. I didn´t bother even though the bag had quite a bit of blood in it. Just cut in half and rinse well under running water.
With a sharp knife remove anything you don´t feel like eating, there wasn´t much but I took few chewey looking bits out and gave em to dogs. I cubed the rest to half inch sized pieces.
Quick sear with generous butter on a pretty hot pan, no need to totally cook it because it is going into oven. Pour to an oven pot with a lid, put the pan back on stove and add water to get all the juices left behind, let simmer while you chop some onions and carrots to the pot. Add salt to taste, good amount of whole black peppers, I didn´t have onions so I added a bulb of garlic instead. Put in the oven for few hours on low 125deg Celsius heat. Want less gamey taste? Add some beef. Bay leaves are a great seasoning too if you have them. Enjoy as it is or with some rice or potatoes.
Some recipes call for keeping the heart under water overnight for dissolving any blood. I didn´t bother even though the bag had quite a bit of blood in it. Just cut in half and rinse well under running water.
With a sharp knife remove anything you don´t feel like eating, there wasn´t much but I took few chewey looking bits out and gave em to dogs. I cubed the rest to half inch sized pieces.
Quick sear with generous butter on a pretty hot pan, no need to totally cook it because it is going into oven. Pour to an oven pot with a lid, put the pan back on stove and add water to get all the juices left behind, let simmer while you chop some onions and carrots to the pot. Add salt to taste, good amount of whole black peppers, I didn´t have onions so I added a bulb of garlic instead. Put in the oven for few hours on low 125deg Celsius heat. Want less gamey taste? Add some beef. Bay leaves are a great seasoning too if you have them. Enjoy as it is or with some rice or potatoes.