‘It tasted very metallic and she said if I have another child we’d go the whole hog and have a sit down meal, half joking really.

‘But when we’d had my second daughter Nellie and Tom said he was looking for recipes I warned my mate he was serious.’

The placenta cocktails (Picture: Manchester Evening News)

The placenta was fried in onion and garlic with lots of seasoning.

He then made a strawberry daiquiri put some pepper in it and blended the placenta into the drink.

Amanda continued: ‘It was delicious. It just tasted like strawberry daiquiri.’

Recalling the drink after the couple’s first baby was born, Tom said: ‘The first time I just blended it and drank it and it was pretty grim to be honest – you could just taste the blood and it was gristly and fatty.’

Amanda and Tom Maddock with children Alice, three, and Nellie, seven months (Picture: Manchester Evening News)

He continued: ‘The second time round I thought right, let’s do it properly so I started looking on the internet for ideas.

‘Some of them were quite complicated with loads of faffing so I just thought well my favourite food is pizza so I’ll just cook it up with some onion and garlic.

‘When I tasted a bit on its own it had a similar taste and texture to liver but as soon as I put the garlic and onion with it, it was lovely.’

And he said not all his friends were impressed.

‘Some friends thought I was a weirdo for eating it but it’s no different to eating something like black pudding,’ he said.

‘At least you know where it’s come from and you don’t get more organic than your wife’s placenta.’