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Smoky skewers of beef heart marinated in aji panca, vinegar and cumin, seared over high heat β Lima's definitive street-corner nightcap.
For 4 servings.
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Whisk the aji panca, vinegar, garlic, cumin, oregano, oil, salt and pepper into a thick marinade.
Coat the beef heart pieces and marinate at least 1 hour in the fridge β overnight is better.
π‘ Heart is lean and takes marinade fast; even one hour transforms it.
Thread the meat snugly onto skewers, three or four pieces each, and let them come to room temperature while the grill heats to its hottest.
Grill 2β3 minutes per side, brushing with leftover marinade, until charred outside and just rosy inside.
π‘ Heart goes from tender to rubbery quickly β treat it like a steak you want medium-rare.
Warm the potato slices and corn on the grill's edge alongside the skewers.
Serve the skewers hot off the fire with the potato, corn and any extra marinade cooked down as a brushing sauce.
Anticuchos trace back to Andean skewer cooking and took their modern form in colonial times, when enslaved Africans transformed the offcuts they were given β especially beef heart β into the most coveted grill item in Peru. Evening anticucho carts, glowing over coals, remain a Lima institution.
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