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Boiled Tongue
Photo: Lily Banse

Boiled Tongue

9 ingredients 6 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

589
Calories
56g
Protein
30g
Fat
22g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Pork 100g cooked 242
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Horseradish not in our table 0
Sauce not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 beef or 3-4 pork tongues (approx 2 lbs/1 kg),
  • 2 onions,
  • 1 parsley root,
  • 1 carrot,
  • 1 bay leaf,
  • 4-5 juniper berries,
  • salt,
  • horseradish sauce,
  • mustard or tomato sauce

Directions

1

Wash the tongue in several changes of water, scrape with a knife, remove the fatty parts, set in a pot with cold water and simmer.

2

Remove foam, add onion, soup vegetables, juniper berries, bay leaf and salt. Cover and simmer for 3 hours.

3

Remove from the water, place on a cutting board and peel with the help of a knife, pulling the skin from the tip to the root.

4

Slice, arrange on a platter and pour horseradish or mustard or tomato sauce over it.

5

Category:Romanian Recipes

6

Category:Romanian Meat Dishes

Recipe sourced from fandom

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