Boiled Ox-tongue
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the ox tongue well.
If it is hard, soak it in cold water for 12 hours.
Turn up the point of the tongue and fasten it with a skewer.
Boil
Put the tongue into boiling water and boil it slowly for 2 to 3 hours, depending on its size.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Ox tongue
- Is the main ingredient; its tough outer skin and dense muscle become tender through long, slow simmering.
The step that matters
Boil it slowly. Gentle simmering softens the connective tissue in the tongue gradually. A hard, rapid boil toughens the outer meat and can leave the inside uneven.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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