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Anticuchos

Courses: Starters and appetizers
Serves: 10 people

Recipe Ingredients

5 lbs 2270g / 80ozBeef heart - trimmed, cut in 1-inch cubes
  Marinade
1 cup 237mlRed wine vinegar
1 tablespoon 15mlFresh red hot chili peppers - finely chopped
4 teaspoons 20mlGarlic cloves - finely chopped
2 teaspoons 10mlGround cumin seeds
2 teaspoons 10mlSalt
  Freshly ground black pepper
  Sauce
1/2 cup 118mlDried hontaka chilies
1 tablespoon 15mlAnnatto - (achiote) seeds, pulverized - use mortar and pestle
1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt

Recipe Instructions

In a large bowl, combine the vinegar, fresh chili, garlic, cumin, salt and a few grindings of pepper. Add the cubes of beef hear. If the marinade doesn't cover the beef heart, add more vinegar. Refrigerate, covered for 24 hours. Remove the beef heart from the marinade and set them both aside.

Break the dried chilies in half and brush out the seeds. Place the chilies in a bowl, pour 3/4 cup of boiling water over them and let them soak for 30 minutes. Drain the chilies and discard the soaking water. Combine the chilies and 3/4 cup of the reserved marinade, the annatto, oil and salt in the jar of a blender and puree at high speed for 15 seconds.

(To make the sauce by hand, puree the soaked chilies through a food mill into a bowl. Discard any pulp left in the mill. Stir in 3/4 cup of marinade, the annatto, oil and salt.)

Light a layer of coals in a charcoal broiler and let them burn until white ash appears on the surface. Or preheat the broiler of the oven to its highest point. String the beef heart cubes on skewers and brush them with sauce.

Broil 3 inches from the heat for 3 to 4 minutes, turning the skewers frequently and basting once or twice with the remaining sauce. Serve hot as an hors d'oeuvre.

Source:
Latin American Cooking

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