Brains Moroccan Style
- 2 sets calfs brains or 4 sets lambs brains
- Salt
- 4 teaspoons wine vinegar
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 1 pound tomatoes, peeled and chopped, or a 14-ounce can tomatoes, chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- Pinch of ground chili pepper, to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- Peel of 1/2 preserved lemon (page 459), chopped up
- Soak the brains for 1 hour in water acidulated with 1 tablespoon of the vinegar.
- Remove the thin membranes in which they are encased and wash the brains under cold running water.
- Drop the brains into boiling salted water acidulated with the remaining teaspoon of vinegar, and simmer for about 3 minutes.
- Remove, and drain thoroughly, then cut each in 2 or 4 pieces.
- Fry the garlic in the oil in a large pan until it just begins to color.
- Add the peeled tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients (except the brains) and simmer for a few minutes.
- Then drop in the brains and cook gently a further 15 minutes.
- As good cold as it is hot.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/brains-moroccan-style-373250 (may not work)