Do You Have The Balls For The Testicle Cookbook

Lame men look away now. Ljubomir Erovic, the 45-year-old chef behind the new cookbook which hailed as the world's first testicle recipe collection, said testicles are rich in testosterone and are believed to be a powerful aphrodisiac in China as well as his homeland of Serbia.

The Testicle Cookbook - Cooking With Balls is published by e-book publishers YUDU, includes Erovic's favourite dishes like testicle pizza, battered testicles and barbecued testicles.

The e-book also contains more cordon bleu recipes, such as calf testicles in wine and testicles with bourgignon sauce.

"Wash testicles thoroughly for 30-45 minutes," begins the recipe for testicles pie. "Once softened, mince them in a mincer."

A "very sharp knife" is needed for traditional style testicles, which get boiled, cut up and deep fried in hot oil.

All animal testicles except human can be eaten, whether boiled, minced or deep fried in hot oil, he said. The cookbook recipes features testicles from several different animals, including stallions, ostriches, bulls, pigs and turkeys. Ljubomir Erovic claims the tastiest testicles come from bulls, but the best for aphrodisiac properties are sheep and stallion testicles, which are rich in testosterone.

Erovic also organises the World Testicle Cooking Championship, held annually in Serbia since 2004. It draws in chefs from Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Norway and Serbia. One metric tonne of testicles are prepared during the contest.

It draws in chefs from Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Norway and Serbia. One tonne of testicles are prepared for the event.

When Erovic isn't cooking or eating testicles, or helping others to do so, he runs a company that does maintenance on medical and dental equipment.

Sample recipe: Goulash with stallion or bull testicles

Ingredients

* 2-3 tablespoons lard
* 4kg stallion of bull testicles
* 2-3 onions
* 1 clove garlic
* peppercorn and ground pepper
* thyme
* mint herb
* milfoil (plant)
* red ground seasoning pepper or tomato puree
* hot chilli pepper to taste
* salt
* mix seasoning
* 1 tbsp plain flour
* 200ml white wine
* 1 tablespoon honey
* 2 squares cooking chocolate

Method

Cut testicles into thin slices. Fry briefly, adding finely chopped onion, garlic, black ground pepper and chilli. Cook while gradually adding water. When nearly finished, add white wine. When wine evaporates a bit, add mix seasoning, pepper, thyme, milfoil, red pepper powder, mint herb and a tablespoon of flour. Mix all well until wine completely evaporates and at the very end add honey and chocolate. Instead of red ground seasoning pepper you can use tomato puree. Tomato puree is used to get red colour, so don't use ketchup.