Beef Heart Stew
Ingredients
3 pounds Beef heart
6 Tbsp. Flour
1 tsp. Cumin, ground
Pepper
3/4 C. Dry red wine or less
1 1/2 C. Water
2 medium Onions, chopped
2 Celery stalks, chopped
4 Carrots cleaned, sliced
2 large Potatoes, large cubes
1 medium Turnip, cubed
1 package Lima beans- frozen
3 Beef bouillon cubes or 2 tsp. beef base
1 1/2 tsp. Instant coffee granules
Dijon mustard
Pepper
Tabasco
Cooking Instructions
A mature beef heart can weigh up to six pounds. If too large, freeze half of the prepared heart. Insert knife in cavity and cut into two halves. Cut off internal cords and loose tissue. Remove fat and large blood vessels. Cut heart muscle into 3/4 inch cubes. If heart seems to be tough, drop cubes into large Ziploc bag and add 2 Tbls. vinegar and 1 Tbls. salt, expel most of air, seal bag and place in refrigerator for two hours. Rinse several times with cold water, drain and dry cubes. Add flour, salt, pepper and cumin to plastic bag and drop in meat cubes. Shake vigorously to coat meat. Shake off excess flour and sauté meat in moderately hot skillet. Do not crowd meat or you will end up boiling it. Place browned pieces in crock pot. Add wine to warm skillet to deglaze, add to crock pot. Add water. Sauté onions and celery and add to crock pot. Add carrots, potatoes, turnip, beans, beef base, coffee granules, mustard and Tabasco to crock pot. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or 6 hours on low. Stir with spatula several times while cooking. If needed, thicken liquid with beurre manie.
My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” (Psalms 42:3)