It's been a while since I last updated this blog. This is mostly due to a welcome healthy repetition of greek yogurt, homemade müesli, and berries. But man cannot live on bread alone, as the health bible says.
The consumption of visceral organs is the preserve of true carnivores; dads and lions alike. Leopold Bloom, the archetype father figure in Joyce's Ulysses is first mentioned cooking "the inner organs of beasts and fowls". No doubt I might revisit them, if I remember, on Bloomsday.
Kidneys are not for wishy washy picky eaters, they smell like a cattle shed in winter and taste predictably strong. "Devilled" refers to the hot mustard and is the only way to eat kidneys. The entire set of ingredients is designed to mask the taste of the organ. The sherry masks the smell, and the mustard and paprika mask the taste. But the whole thing together is delicious.
The basis for the recipe can be found here; courtesey of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. I made a few changes, specifically replacing the redcurrant jelly with blackcurrant jam, the cider vinegar with sherry vinegar and the cream with Greek yogurt. An important tip; when you fry the kidneys put hem aside on a warm plate. This lets them rest and the blood to pool away, unless of course you're Hannibal Lecter.
