How To Clean A Heart with Danielle Prewett

How to Clean a Venison Heart

At MeatEater, we get more questions about venison hearts than almost any other wild game cookery. And truthfully, the heart is perhaps the tastiest piece of an animal and not at all difficult to clean or cook. There is more than one way to cook a heart, which means there is more than one way to clean a heart. One way is to cut out the connective tissues while keeping it whole. Another way is to cut the heart crosswise into rings. However, this...

How to Clean a Gizzard

The gizzards of game birds like pheasants, ducks, and turkey are under-appreciated little nuggets of meat. Perhaps it’s because they look strange and are difficult to trim without proper instruction. Well, we’re taking the mystery out of preparing them by showing you how to clean a gizzard and how to cook a gizzard. The gizzard is a muscular stomach that holds the grit and stones which allow birds to grind and digest food. It’s oval shaped with...

How to Clean Gizzards

Cleaning gizzards doesn’t have to be difficult. Follow these simple instructions for clean gizzards ready for tacos, to be pickled, or tossed in dirty rice. And you might even find a nugget of gold while you’re at it.