Braised Heart

Ingredients

• 2 small calves' hearts
• Fat
• Flour
• 2 slices salt pork
• 1 cup meat stock
• 1/2 cup celery
• 1/2 cup onion
• 1/2 cup carrot
• 1/2 cup turnip
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cloves
• Sprig parsley
• 1 cup tomato pulp

Instructions

1. 1Wash the hearts, rub inside and out with fat, and dredge with flour. Try out salt pork, and brown hearts all over in the pork fat. Put hearts in a small roasting pan with meat stock, cover and bake in a moderate oven. Put diced vegetables and seasonings into pan in which hearts were browned. Cover with hot water, cook until tender and add tomato pulp. Thicken with flour and serve around hearts. Bake in the oven for 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees.