Dads Favourite - Brains And Bacon
September 2nd 2008 13:42
In the following recipe and step by step pictures I demonstrate how to make an old school classic, brains and bacon.
Brains are highly nutritious and bacon and brains are an excellent combination, served with or without gravy. The chewy bacon counterpoints the soft textured brains. Some cooks wrap the bacon around the brains but I prefer it on the side.
Most butchers will remove any membrane, but if there is a membrane around the brains, it can be removed by soaking them in salt water for a few minutes before pulling it off. Lambs brains cost about $1.50 each.
Stage One - Blanch the Brains
Stage One
4 Whole lambs brains
½ Onion
5 Peppercorns
1 Bayleaf
5 Parsley stalks
Stage Two
150g Flour
1 Egg
30ml Milk
200g Breadcrumbs
Stage Three
30ml Oil
200g Bacon
50g Capers
Stage One – Blanching the brains
Place the onion, peppercorn, bayleaf and parsley stalks in a pot with a litre of warm water and heat it until it is simmering.
Gently place the brains into the poaching liquid and allow them to simmer for seven minutes. Pre-cooking the brains ensures that they will be cooked right through when they are crumbed and fried.
Strain the liquid off and refresh the brains in cold water to cool them.
Remove the brain stem by using a knife or simply pulling it off.
Split each brain into its two hemispheres.
Stage Two – Crumbing the brains
Roll the brains in flour, then dip them into the beaten egg and milk.
Drain them and roll them in the breadcrumbs.
Stage Three – Cooking the brains
Partially fry the bacon then move it to the side of the pan.
Fry the blanched and crumbed brains in the melted bacon fat.
It maybe necessary to add a little more oil partway through.
Drain the fried food on a paper towel.
Serve the brains and bacon garnished with fried capers and accompanied by farmhouse vegetables.
Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads!
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Comment by Hazel Castillo
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I mean the brains she cooks with soup. i'm not sure it's lamb's brain. It's probably either cow's/buffalo's or Pig's... She cooks it the asian way and it's so yummy!
pity, very few people appreciate it.
Comment by Jason King
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It's the only food mum cooked when I was growing up that I had to leave the house for - even the smell made me vomit. LOL. I will forward onto her - she will lap this up!!!
Thanks
Comment by Nomad
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