Brain Tacos with Bacon Fat Tortillas & Lemon Salsa
Discover brain tacos with bacon-fat tortillas & lemon salsa in Andrew Zimmern's unique Lebanon-meets-Mexico twist! Perfect for adventurous eaters.
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Ingredients
- Juice of 2 Meyer lemons
- Zest of 2 Meyer lemons
- Segments cut from a few other citruses, I like Meyer lemons, pomelos, tangerines and blood oranges
- 6 scallions, minced
- 1 heart of celery with leaves, minced
- 1/2 cup finely diced jicama
- 1 small handful cilantro, minced
- 1 small handful fresh mint, minced
- 1 bunch pink fingertip radishes sliced very thin
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small red hot fresh chile, minced
- sea salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 2 pounds fresh calves brains, but pig, goat or lamb brains work really well too
- one diced onion
- 2 ribs diced celery
- 1 dried hot chile
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 4 quarts boiling water
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 cup chilled rendered bacon fat
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/4 cup minced scallions
- Avocado slices for serving
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