I was surprised at how small the heart was, until I got it out of the packet and discovered I'd only bought a couple of strips of the whole beast... luckily.
Given that the heart was already cut down there was not too much trimming to do - just slicing off the outside and the inside - then I cut it pretty thin, fried the shit out of it in smoking hot oil, added paprika, cumin, garlic powder, salt, white pepper, pre-fried onions, red chilli, cognac, vinegar and coriander (all to get a little flavour into the meat incase it proved unpalatable). After it was bowled up I added some parsley (by mistake - I thought it was coriander) and packet fried onion.
I went pretty bold on the sauce as well - avocado, salt, coriander, lime, red onion and a whole green chilli. The tortillas themselves were hand rolled - hence the irregular shapes - they turned out pretty good.
For me, the heart was a bit meaty. Biggs seemed to enjoy it (I didn't tell her before-hand that we were eating Ox heart) so, unless she is better at bluffing than I realised, there will be more heart in our future.
*Made with heart, not love.
**The photo was taken in haste so it didn't get cold and more weird. Sorry for the blurriness.
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It's true, until now I didn't know we were eating Ox hearts. I like to think I'm not too sensitive about such matters but I certainly wouldn't have expected that I would enjoy it as much as I did. I really did. The texture was great and the meatiness went great with the chili and avocado.
If tortillas weren't such a pain in the arse for G to make I would love to move Tortilla Tuesday to Fridays. A glass (bottle) of wine and 16 tortillas are a perfect start to the weekend.
G claims these were not made with love but my friends claim that he only cooks this well because he loves his little sister.
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