How do you cook Ostrich?
24 November 2007, 06:57 PM
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How do you cook Ostrich?
As title ....... they look like beef steaks but it's a bird - so, does it need to be cooked well through or can it be rare?
I don't want to be violently sick ..............
I don't want to be violently sick ..............
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24 November 2007, 07:01 PM
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Ostrich meat is very lean and high in moisture content.
Overcooking ostrich meat will dry it out and reduce its tenderness. Cooking only to medium or medium-rare produces the best results.
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Overcooking ostrich meat will dry it out and reduce its tenderness. Cooking only to medium or medium-rare produces the best results.
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24 November 2007, 07:18 PM
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Like a good peice of rib-eye: Lot's of heat and cook quickly, to sear it on the outside and not allow it to over-cook and dry out.
If you can find some reciepes I can reccomend trying it with a home made apricot mustard
If you can find some reciepes I can reccomend trying it with a home made apricot mustard
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It's all in the cooking - overdo it and it turns like shoe leather very quickly. But get it right and... well, suffice to say, this was one of the best meals I've ever had, at a restaurant in Oudtshoorn, South Africa - the 'ostrich farming capital of the world' 
