I've got a heart! Now what?

[Heavyopp]

So after Ms. Grit posted about cooking that heart I decided I needed to try it out -- I was successful today in harvesting a deer --1st for the year

 

What do I do with this heart right now? Do I need to clean it?  Cut it? Just put it in the fridge?

 

 I plan to cook it tuesday -- not sure how but I have a day to figure it out

 

Help!!!

 

 

[rgw]

leave it whole for now, when ready to eat slice it and sauté in butter and onions

[Haskell]

Fry it just like a inner loin

[Heavyopp]

Ok -- so leave it as is just refrigerate 

 

Thats what I need to know for now

[rgw]

you could put it in a pot of water for a hour or so to get all the blood out

[FLEWTHECOUPE]

Cook it however u like your venison steaks

Sliced

Trim all the junk off.

 

If you decide to cook it whole make sure you get ALL the blood

Clots out of the chambers.

[FLEWTHECOUPE]

I slice mine into steaks right away and trim it up.

So it's ready to go.

Usually we eat that the night of the kill.

Or next day breakfast

[Turkeyboy44]

Put the heart hole into the frig to let most of the blood pull out of the heart. Check again tomorrow for update on cooking the heart

[Heavyopp]

you could put it in a pot of water for a hour or so to get all the blood out

 

I washed it in cold water and kinda worked out as much blood as I could -- It's in a bag now in the fridge 

[FLEWTHECOUPE]

Clots get stuck in the chambers dosent come out on its own

That's why I don't cook whole.

Ate a blood clot once. It was awful

 

No need to let it sit either it won't taste bloody.

[FLEWTHECOUPE]

Don't be afraid to cook it on the rare side

[Heavyopp]

Don't be afraid to cook it on the rare side

 

It'll be rare for sure --  I hate overcooked meat

 

Right now I'm thinking shrimp and heart kabobs, small canned potatoes, green peppers, onions, small tomatoes

[Ms Grit]

I washed it in cold water and kinda worked out as much blood as I could -- It's in a bag now in the fridge 

Perfect.  The only thing I do differently is squeeze it gently and then stick my fingers in the ventricles until all of the clotted blood pieces are gone and running water through it runs clear.

Edited November 23, 2015 by Ms Grit

[Turkeyboy44]

Cut up the deer heart into small Steaks cut up onoins and then pan fried with a smokey apple wood rub

[PV216]

Looks good[emoji106]