Stuffed hearts with step by step photo guide.

Today I'm making stuffed hearts to my nan's recipe. I've been taught by my mum who was taught by my nan, who was a live in servant (a maid and cook) for jewish families for a number of years in the late 1920's. She married my grandad in 1931, and with his four kids by his first wife, she had 12 kids to deal with by the mid 50's. So about 6 or 7 mouths to feed during wartime. So if anyone knew how to cook a meal from nothing, it was her!

Stuffed hearts.

2 hearts
Half a box of stuffing
Cooking fat (in this case frylight.)

Take the heart and remove the tubes and innards to create a pocket. Make up the stuffing and fill the heart. Take a casserole dish and fill the bottom with stuffing. Lay the hearts on top. Rub the tops with fat or spray with frylight. Place the lid on top and put in a pre heated oven at gas mark 5 for 2 hours, turning the hearts over halfway through. Serve with roast potatoes and vegetables.

The stuffed hearts (without the veg) cost a ridiculously cheap 79p each for the hearts and 99p for the box of stuffing, which would easily stretch to four or five as the two of us only used half the packet! You could stretch it out even more by mixing in more breadcrumbs. This makes a good, filling, but cheap alternative to other meat dishes, perfect for large families.