Braised Heart Slices in Sour Sauce

Tender heart and sour sauce.

• Ready In: 4 hrs
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1  beef heart or 2  calf hearts
•  boiling water
• 1⁄4 cup  diced carrot
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped celery (with leaves)
• 1⁄4 cup  sliced onion
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup  diced green pepper
• 3  tablespoons butter or 3  tablespoons  fat
• 3  tablespoons flour
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice or 2  tablespoons  dry wine
• 2  tablespoons  chopped parsley
• 2  tablespoons  olives, chopped
•  salt and pepper

Directions

1. To prepare heart wash well, remove veins, arteries and blood. If beef, cut it across the fiber in 1/4 inch slices.
2. Pour water into saucepan or oven-proof dish to the depth of 3/4 inch. Add carrots, celery, onion, salt and green pepper, if using.
3. Place the heart slices on a rack in the pan well above the water.
4. Cover tightly, simmer meat until tender for about 1 1/2 hours, or bake it in a 250°F oven until tender about 2 hours.
5. Strain the stock.
6. Chill it.
7. Remove the fat and if you like use it in the gravy.
8. Use about 2 cupfuls of the stock. Melt the butter or fat. Stir in the flour. Stir in the stock.
9. When boiling add the meat and vegetables.
10. Add the lemon juice or wine, parsley and olives. Correct the seasoning with the salt and pepper.