Pork heart
Pork heart is a by-product that remains after cutting the carcass of an animal, and which is used to prepare the first and second courses, incl. dietary.
What are the benefits of a pig's heart
As you know, meat and offal, including pork, contain invaluable and practically irreplaceable substances for humans. In particular, the heart contains vitamins from group B, proteins, amino acids, phosphorus, calcium, copper, zinc.
The use of properly prepared dishes from pork heart contributes to an increase in hemoglobin levels, treatment of anemia, maintenance of a weakened body after suffering diseases of a nervous nature, kidney diseases, other long-term and serious diseases, after operations, injuries and burns.
The inclusion of a pork heart periodically in their diet is important for those who care about a complete and varied diet for their family. This by-product is good for athletes, growing adolescents, those who constantly do physically hard work.
The calorie content of a pork heart is 100 calories, which once again proves its belonging to dietary products.
How to cook pork heart dishes
To begin with, we will tell you how to properly prepare the offal for further culinary processing.
The heart is cut lengthwise, films and blood vessels are carefully cut off from it, and thoroughly washed in running water to remove blood clots.
The cleaned and washed heart is placed in a pot of boiling water, boiled for 10 minutes, then taken out, rinsed with boiled water - this is done to remove the curdled protein. The cloudy broth is poured out, the pan is washed and the pork heart is put into it again, and the boiling water prepared in advance is poured.
Since the heart is a muscle, it is quite tough, so it should be cooked for about 1.5 hours. In this case, it is important to monitor the foam, drain and change the water every 30 minutes. Not everyone, preparing the heart, often drains the water - this should be done if you need a transparent broth. If there is no such goal, you can change the water only once and constantly remove the foam.
To increase the level of hemoglobin and recuperate after an illness, injury or surgery, doctors recommend eating chopped baked or fried pork heart until half cooked. This can be done only if there is confidence that the animal was healthy. Otherwise, there will be more benefits if you bring your heart to full readiness.
You can make salads, sauces and gravies from a pork heart, and fry. In the broth left over after boiling the offal, you can boil vegetables or legumes for a side dish to the boiled heart. Beans, potatoes, leeks, cabbage go well with it.
You can make a salad of boiled pork heart, fried mushrooms, pickled onions. All ingredients are mixed and filled with mayonnaise.
Such a salad is distinguished by its high nutritional and taste qualities, but for those who follow a diet, it is better to prepare a dish in which the benefits of the pork heart are fully manifested. It is better to cook or bake the by-product, do not pour vinegar, try to salt less.
For those who want to use the low calorie content of the pork heart for their own good, we advise you to replace the fried mushrooms in the recipe with pickled ones, and instead of mayonnaise, pour the salad with sunflower oil.
You can cook braised pork heart. Raw offal, carrots and onions are cut into pieces, fried a little, until a golden crust appears in vegetable oil, laid in a rooster, filled with water. You can add tomato paste mixed with flour, spices (after the water boils). In general, a pork heart is stewed for an hour. During the cooking process, when 40 minutes have passed, you can add cheese to the heart and vegetables, and simmer for another 20 minutes. This dish of pork heart is served hot, with herbs. You can use boiled rice or crushed boiled potatoes as a side dish.
Contraindications
Pork heart can only cause harm if you take it stale or, not knowing the supplier well, give the heart to poor heat treatment. Individual intolerance may also affect.
Those who suffer from inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract should eat only boiled heart.
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