Wonderful offals -tripe soup recipe

                              Tripe soup of Flaki- Polish recipe as my mama made it !  :D

Ingredients

• 1 kg beef tripe ( precooked  cooked, tender and sliced)
• 0.5 kg   beef ( boneless)- I used chicken hearts for higher nutritional quality
• 4-5 carrots-diced or grated
• 2 leek- sliced
• medium size celeriac- grated
• 2 Hamburg parsley- grated
  1onion,  finely chopped
• 3 TBSPs butter ( organic, grass pastured )
• 3 TBSP marjoram ( fresh will be best)
  3 TBSP paprika
  1 TBSP nutmeg or mace
  1 TBSP ginger
    Himalayan salt, black pepper ( freshly ground ), bay leaf - to taste
  2 litres bone broth or meat stock
  tomato sauce- optional

 place tripe, bone broth, cooked and sliced meat or hearts, bay leaf and pepper in a large pan.
 Bring to boil and simmer while preparing the rest of ingredients.
 Melt butter on a frying pan and gently fry veg until soft.
 Add to the saucepan and season with paprika, nutmeg, ginger & marjoram. Add tomato sauce if required.
 Slow cook until  tender and full of flavour.
Season to taste
  Serve hot and Enjoy!


 Benefits of Tripe - nutritional facts!
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A 3-ounce serving of cooked tripe will provide you with 80 calories, 10 grams of protein, 1.7 grams of carbohydrates and 3.4 grams of fat, including 1.2 grams of saturated fat. This is only about 5 percent of the daily value for fat and 6 percent of the DV for saturated fat (currently considered as a health food)

Source of Selenium

You'll get 10 micrograms of selenium, or 14 percent of the DV, in each 3-ounce serving of tripe. Selenium is an essential mineral that acts as an antioxidant to limit cell damage from harmful compounds called free radicals. It also helps with immune function, thyroid function and the creation of DNA. Meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, Brazil nuts and brown rice are other good sources of selenium.

High in Vitamin B-12

Vitamin B-12, which is only naturally found in significant amounts in animal products, is important for forming DNA and red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout your body. Getting enough vitamin B-12 from your diet may help lower your levels of homocysteine and thus your risk for heart disease, according to the Linus Pauling Institute. Each serving of tripe will give you 0.6 microgram of vitamin B-12, or 10 percent of the DV.

Provides Zinc

You'll also get about 1.5 milligrams of zinc in each serving of tripe, or 10 percent of the DV. You need zinc for immune function, wound healing, blood clotting, reproduction, thyroid and insulin function, healthy vision and a proper sense of smell and taste. Zinc may also lower your risk for heart disease and cancer by acting as an antioxidant and protecting your cells from free radical damage, notes the University of Maryland Medical Center.