- Poultry such as chicken gizzards
- Coarse salt
- 1 bunch fresh thyme sprigs
- Crushed garlic cloves, to taste
- Goose, duck or meat fat
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- One day ahead of time, well clean, open-up each gizzard in the middle pulling on each side.
- Delicately pull inside pocket; throw away pocket, after checking inside to see how the bird was fed if desired.
- Transfer cleaned gizzards into a salad bowl.
- Sprinkle all over with coarse salt.
- Set aside overnight.
- Well-rinse then transfer gizzards into a casserole [you will notice that they are now really red, due to the salt].
- Add fresh thyme sprigs and crushed garlic cloves.
- Cover gizzards, with lots of goose, duck or meat fat.
- Bring to a boil over really low heat.
- Directly cover mixture with waxed paper, cut to size of the casserole; cover casserole leaving a small opening.
- Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat for 5 to 10 minutes, to keep mixture to simmer really slowly.
- Simmer for 10 minutes more; then turn off the heat for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Repeat until gizzards are really tender, which could take up to 2 hours, watching carefully.
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