Stuffed Baked Heart

Total Time: 7 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 7 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 beef heart or 2 veal hearts
• 2 cups stock or 2 cups diluted tomato soup
• 4 slices bacon
• 1 1/2 cups bread dressing or 1 1/2 cups rice dressing
• paprika

Recipe

• 1 tie the heart with string.
• 2 place it on a rack in an oven proof dish.
• 3 place in bottom of the dish the stock or diluted tomato soup.
• 4 place over the heart the bacon strips.
• 5 cover the dish closely and bake the heart in a moderate oven 325°f until tender, sometimes if beef, a matter of 3-5 hours, if veal about 2 hours.
• 6 remove heart to a plate and cool it slightly.
• 7 heat, then fill the cavity with 1 1/2 cups bread dressing or rice dressing.
• 8 sprinkle the heart with paprika.
• 9 return it briefly to hot oven 400°f or place it under a broiler to reheat.
• 10 the drippings may be thickened with flour to make gravy.