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Brains

Brains - a recipe by Daniel Azoulay

⏱ 1 hr 20 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Daniel Azoulay
🥩 Meat🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Soak the brain in cold water with the salt.
    Bowl
  2. 2
    Peel off the thin membrane covering the brain.
  3. 3
    Heat the oil in a pot and add the water, turmeric, salt and black pepper.
    StovePot
  4. 4
    Add the brain to the liquid and cook a few minutes.
    Stove
  5. 5
    Toward the end, add the yolk, beaten with the lemon juice, to the pot.
    BowlWhiskJuicer
240calories
13 gprotein
2 gcarbs
20 gfat
● protein 22%● carbs 3%● fat 75%

Per serving (192 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Juicer · Also works: Blender (Blend, then strain through cloth)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Whisk · Also works: Hand mixer (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)

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Brain in Egg Yolk and Lemon Sauce

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