Beef Heart...

Bob and I always make Christmas Eve a special event.  This year our main course was beef heart!  Bob ordered it from our favorite butcher at Gepperth’s Meat Market.  Who knew it was going to be so huge, the size of a volleyball!  To say the least, half of it went in the freezer!

After trimming the little bit of fat away, Bob marinated it overnight in shallots and Italian flat leaf parsley.  Before grilling he adding 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and of course salt and pepper taste.  The outcome was delicious!  Beef heart is very lean, 3 ounces is about 140 calories! As Bob would say “eating the heart of an animal imbues you with its’ spirit”  It must have been a very good beef!