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Braised Beef Heart

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 kg beef heart
• bacon strips (a little)
• pepper, ground (a little)
• allspice, ground (a little)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon beef suet
• flour (a little)
• salt (a little)
• water (a little)

Instructions

1. For 4 people, reckon 1 kg of beef heart.
2. After removing veins and membranes, lard the beef heart as described for braised meat; first, toss the bacon strips in ground pepper and allspice.
3. Then, in a braising pot, melt 1 tablespoon of butter and the same amount of beef suet, add the meat, dust it with flour, and brown it on all sides.
4. After adding salt and a little water, braise it slowly over a gentle flame until tender.
5. Serve with potato salad or mashed potatoes.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.