Pork spleen

Pork spleen belongs to the category of offal of the second category. In general, by-products are commonly understood to mean the internal organs of animals, which are used to prepare a variety of dishes. These include the heart, kidneys, liver, brains, tongue, and legs, tail, and head.

It is noteworthy that many by-products in terms of nutritional value are practically no different from meat (lean), but at the same time they contain more trace elements, minerals and many vitamins. However, as you know, some offal products, in particular the liver and kidneys, accumulate harmful substances, in connection with which they are recommended to be consumed no more than once a week.

Only fresh offal, including pork spleen, can be used as food, as they deteriorate quite quickly. In this case, it is better to adhere to the rule according to which you need to use this product within a day from the moment of its purchase. This applies to chilled pork spleen, but if there is no way to buy fresh sub-product, it is better to use frozen.

Pork spleen is not rarely used for culinary purposes, but is mainly prepared not as an independent dish, but together with other offal. For example, in Bavaria, it is customary to cook spleen sausage from it, which is subsequently cut into slices, fried in breaded and served with salad.

Before direct preparation, the pork spleen needs pre-treatment - the fact is that its top layer is quite rigid, so it is customary to remove the skin. After that, the pork spleen can be boiled, toasted or used as a soup dressing or processed into minced meat.

Georgian cuisine is characterized by the use of not only pork spleen, but also lamb. As a rule, it is prepared with the addition of wine vinegar and a large amount of cilantro. First, the pork spleen is washed, cleaned from the film, coated with fat and fried in a pan. After that, it is cut into pieces, put into a saucepan, poured with cold water, add a whole bulb onion in husk and cook for about four hours.

In addition, pork spleen is often included in the very tasty and appetising pork daddy, where it is prepared along with the lung, liver, tongue, ears, kidneys, heart and pork ribs. All this splendor of tastes emphasizes a fairly large amount of onions and sweet bell peppers.