Heart

Poultry

Heart

Ostrich 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 157

Amount per 100 g

  • Total Fat 5.72 g
  • Saturated Fat 1.93 g
  • Trans Fat 0.1 g
  • Monounsaturated Fat 2.46 g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat 1.33 g
  • Cholesterol 188 mg
  • Sodium 68 mg
  • Salt 0.14 g
  • Total Carbohydrate 1 g
  • Dietary Fibre 0 g
  • Total Sugars 0.5 g
  • Complex / starch 0 g
  • Protein 25.4 g
  • Water 64.6 g
Detailed nutrients

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

History

Global ostrich ranching pushed steaks into export steakhouse menus. Cooks treated heart of ostrich as a cut with its own timing and sides.

As ostrich cookery specialised, heart was portioned and sold ready for the pan. Health-focused marketing framed ostrich as ultra-lean red steak.

Cape farming dual-purposed ostrich for feathers and later meat; heart of ostrich took a named place in that kitchen trade.

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