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Anticuchos Picantes (spicier Grilled Beef Hea
Ingredients:
1 ea Beef heart
Method:
MARINADE 8 ea Garlic cloves; pressed 2 ea Chiles, rocoto; stemmed, -seeded, minced 2 tb Cumin, ground 1/2 tb Oregano, dried Salt; to taste Pepper, black; to taste 2 cVinegar, wine, red
-SAUCE- 1/3 cChiles, dried, aji; crushed 1 tb Oil, vegetable Salt; to taste
-HEAT SCALE = HOT-
Clean the beef heart thoroughly, removing all nerves and fat. Cut into 1" cubes, place in non-reactive bowl, refrigerate and set aside. Combine garlic, chiles, cumin, oregan, salt and pepper and 1 1/2 cups vinegar. Pour over meat. Add more vinegar, if necessary, to cover meat completely. Marinate, refrigerated, 12-24 hours. About 1 hour before grilling, remove meat from marinade and thread on skewers. Reserve marinade. Soak the crushed chile in 1/3 cup warm water for 30 minutes. In processor, combine chiles and water with oil and salt. Add enough reserved marinade (3/4 cup) to make thick sauce, puree. Brush skewered meat with sauce and grill over hot coals or under a broiler, turning and basting to cook quickly on all sides. Best cooked medium well, 4-6 minutes on the grill. Serve with remaining sauce for dipping.
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