Beef cut: where it is, price, recipes
Beef heart
It is a muscle, not a soft organ: dense, lean, with a concentrated beef flavour. Peruvian anticuchos marinate it in aji panca and grill it on skewers, served rare.
- Grilled
- Pan-seared
- Stewed
$5/ lb
- In French
- Cœur de bœuf
- Where it sits
- Brisket and plate. In Texas the same muscle becomes brisket: twelve hours of smoke.
- Tenderness
- 3/5
- Flavor
- 4/5
- Marbling
- 1/5
- Price
- $5 / lb ·
- Actual size
- ~20 cm
Compared with its neighbors
Compared with Beef liver, Beef heart is less tender (3/5 vs 4/5), milder (4/5 vs 5/5) and costs the same.
| Cut | Tenderness | Flavor | Marbling | Price | How to cook it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef heart | 3/5 | 4/5 | 1/5 | $5 / lb | Grilled, Pan-seared, Stewed |
| Beef liver | 4/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | $5 / lb | Pan-seared |
