Anticucho

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Couldn't google up an anticucho (beef heart) recipie here so I figured I'd post one...

1xbeef heart (4lbs approx) trimmed.
3lrg clov garlic (peeled)
1 1/2 tbl coarse salt
1/8 tsp freshly grd black pepper
2 tsp ground cumin
3x dry red chile peppers (seeded)
1x dry ancho pepper seeded
3/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/3 cup achiote oil
2-3 slc bacon
8x 8-10" skewers

- Trim fat from heart and remove veins and membranes. cube and set aside

- with mortar adn pestle, pound the garlic and saltto a paste. Add the peepper and cumin and continue pounding. Set aside.

- Place the seeded red chile and ancho peppers in a bowl, add the vinegar, and let soak for about 10min, or until the peppers are soft.

- Place the softened peppers with the vinegar in a blender and puree until liquid. Add this mixture to the garlic paste and stir thoroughly. Allow to sit for 10min. Add the Achiote Oil and pour the mixture over the cubed meat, stirring to coat all the pieces. Let marinate, covered, at room temperature for 6-8 hours, or in the refrigerator overnight.

- If BBQ-ing or broiling, heat 1/4 cup of th reserved marinade with 2 or 3 strips of the bacon in a saucepan over medium heat until all the liquid has evaporated and only the Achiote Oil and the fat from the bacon remain. Discard the bacon or reserve for another use. Brush the skewered meat cubes with the flavored oil from the saucepan and BBQ them over ta light layer of coals in a charcoal broiler (the coals should be burned until white ash has appeared on the surface). Or, broil them in a preheated broiler (about 3 inches from the heat source) for 1-2min on one side. Brush the beef cubes again with the flavored oil, turn the skewers, and broil for another minute or two.

I guess you can cook this in a skillet, but... I've never done it.

Keep the coals hot, put the grate low. Turn often, marinate often, cook them quick.

Disfrute! Muy Sabroso!