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Pyramid of Tongue with Turnips

A dish of boiled tongue arranged around mashed turnips, served warm.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Pyramid of Tongue with Turnips

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the tongue

  1. Boil the tongue until tender.

  2. Peel the tongue and cut it into slices.

Keep warm and serve

  1. Place the slices between two plates in a 350°F (175°C) oven to keep warm.

  2. Serve the tongue arranged around the mashed turnips in the center of the dish.

  3. Lightly glaze the top.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Tongue
Forms the main protein of the dish, becoming tender through long boiling.
Turnips
Mashed, they provide a smooth, moist base that sits under the tongue slices.

“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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