Beef or pork tongue can become the crown dish of the festive table of any housewife, if cooked correctly. And you can simply pamper your family with this delicate delicacy, which, moreover, is very useful. To do this, it is worth knowing how and how much to cook the language.
It is widely believed that the longer this product is cooked, the better, but this is a misconception. Much depends on the type of meat and the age of the animal. So, an hour and a half is enough for a calf’s tongue, beef will be cooked up to three hours, and pork - about two. Here it is necessary to pierce the offal with a fork or a sharp knife half an hour before the expiration of this time, if it comes in easily, it means that it is already ready.
You need to know how much to cook the tongue, because if you don’t cook it, it will taste hard, and digest it can crumble and fall apart.
If a beef product is taken, then first it is washed well under running water, slightly scraped with a knife to remove mucus. A pan of cold water is placed on the fire, when it boils, salt (2 tbsp.spoons per 5 liters) and bay leaf are added to it. The tongue is put here and cooked over medium heat for about 2 hours. If foam appears, as when cooking ordinary meat, it is removed with a slotted spoon. After that, the product is taken out and immersed for 1 minute in a container with cold water (you can even add a few pieces of ice). Now the upper skin should be cleaned well, which is removed. After this, the offal can be put in the broth, where it is boiled with carrots, spices, roots. How much to cook the language here is at the discretion of the cook, but, most often, 15 minutes is enough.
A cooked product can simply be cut, or you can make a paste of it (scrolling through a meat grinder, adding an egg and mayonnaise) or adding it to a salad.
If we talk about how and how much to cook pork tongue, then here too it all depends on the size and method of preparation. You can make aspic from this product. To do this, first the tongue is steeped for 2-3 hours. Then it is transferred to the pan, poured with boiling water and put on the stove. After boiling, the fire decreases, salt, spices, bay leaf are put. The dish is being prepared 2.5-3 hours. After that, the tongue is pulled out, dipped in cold water, cleansed of the skin. Then it is cut into thin pieces, which are laid out in small bowls. The broth is filtered, it is placed in pre-soaked gelatin and chopped garlic. They poured meat. The dish is decorated with greens and boiled egg slices.
If you have doubts about how much to cook pork tongue, you should focus on the average time, which is about 2 hours. When this part of the young piglet is used, then 1.5 hours may well be enough. It is better to cut the dish chilled, as in the form of heat it can fall apart into sloppy pieces.
Spices and roots added during cooking will greatly improve the taste. Most often, carrots, onions, celery are used here. They are added to the broth half an hour after boiling, washed and peeled, but in general form. After 40 minutes, they should be removed with a slotted spoon. Carrots can then be chopped and served with a ready-made dish.
Knowing how to cook the tongue so that it turns out to be moderately soft, but does not fall apart, you can prepare delicious and varied salads with it, which, no doubt, will be successful with those who try them. So, one of the recipes may be as follows.
Fresh cucumber and boiled eggs are cut into small pieces, like a boiled tongue. Cheese is rubbed on a medium-sized grater. All ingredients are mixed, seasoned with sour cream or mayonnaise. The salad is sprinkled with herbs on the table. You can also mix boiled tongue, green peas, slices of boiled carrots and potatoes. For dressing, garlic-mayonnaise sauce is used.