Best part of the deer?

BrotherBadger said:

Question,

I've never eaten deer heart before, how would i cook it?

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About any way that you would cook any tough piece of meat--moist cooking. Remember it's muscle, just like a ham, but it's tough muscle.

Cut it up in a stew, braise it and slice then.

My favorite way is to cut the large end off, clean out the inside. Put in a pot cover with water, season to taste, salt, garlic, sage, onion -- simmer until tender, usually about an hour. Then take the piece that you cut off, chop up with some rice-- I like brown rice, and whatever you have to make a stuffing --bell pepper, onion, carrots and so on,-- stuff the heart like you would a bell pepper, and bake in a pan with a little water/beer/wine, for about another hour, and then slice then and serve.

Or you can boil until tender and use in a stew or chili. I particularly like it in an Irish stew. I've also made a shepherd's pie with it, and that's pretty tasty.

BrotherBadger said:

Question,

I've never eaten deer heart before, how would i cook it?

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-Trim off anything White.
-Flay it open so that it's about 1inch uniform thickness
-Salt and pepper and put it on a glowing hot grill till medium rare

DO NOT OVERCOOK!!!!

It's every bit as soft as tenderloin maybe even softer because the muscle fibers are short, giving it a "smooth" texture when you chew it. The flavor is sweet and mild.

Or you can stew the poo out of it.

robertyb said:

Tenderloins
Backstraps
Hindquarters

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Stuff the heart with hot peppers then sew it closed[ you can use fishing line]. Cook in crockpot on low till real tender. Remove fishing line and whirl it up in a food processor. Spread on crackers for a great snack.