Heart

Meat

Heart

Eland heart is dense lean muscle—slice thin for grill or braise until tender. Meaty, less metallic than liver. Trim vessels and sinew, marinate if grilling, avoid dry leatheriness. Excellent skewered or diced into stews.

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Characteristics

Preparations

BraisedGrilledSkeweredSliced

Traits

BeefyDenseFirmFlavourfulLeanMuscular

Nutrition and pairings

Nutrition

Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.

Nutrition Facts

Per 100 g edible portion

Calories 161

Amount per 100 g

  • Total Fat 7.54 g
  • Saturated Fat 3.43 g
  • Trans Fat 0.2 g
  • Monounsaturated Fat 3.45 g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat 0.66 g
  • Cholesterol 132 mg
  • Sodium 57.9 mg
  • Salt 0.14 g
  • Total Carbohydrate 0 g
  • Dietary Fibre 0 g
  • Total Sugars 0 g
  • Complex / starch 0 g
  • Protein 23.2 g
  • Water 61.5 g
Detailed nutrients

Heart is a dense working muscle—high protein, moderate fat, more iron than white meat.

History

Game ranches portioned eland like beef for local markets. Cooks treated heart of eland as a cut with its own timing and sides.

As eland cookery specialised, heart was portioned and sold ready for the pan. Safari-lodge and nose-to-tail menus featured eland fillet and shank.

Trek and farm cookery dried eland into biltong and pot stews; heart of eland took a named place in that kitchen trade.

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