Smoked Tongue
Ingredients
Directions
Soak the smoked tongue in cold water overnight.
Place the soaked tongue in a pot with fresh cold water.
Boil the tongue for four hours.
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
- Smoked tongue
- Is the main ingredient; its long simmer makes the meat tender and tender enough to slice.
The step that matters
Boil the tongue for four hours. A long, gentle simmer breaks down the tough connective tissue in the tongue, making it tender. Boiling too hard can toughen the meat and make it dry, so keep the water at a steady simmer.
“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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