Pork tongue dishes: recipes

In this collection, we’ll talk about a seemingly primitive offal obtained when cutting any carcass. However, dishes made from pork tongue can be considered both real delicacies, and quite ordinary dishes, familiar throughout the post-Soviet space. By the way, they were prepared at the end of the last century, practically on any of the holidays, because, thanks to the most delicate structure, pleasant aroma and taste, this by-product was liked (and is still like) by absolutely all home and guests. In addition, dishes from pork tongue (see the recipe below for a photo) contain a significant amount of vitamins and proteins, very little fat, which makes them a real find for people who work on their figure.

What will we cook?

Yes, almost everything: the first, second, and appetizer. Many people are mistaken when they think that little treats can be sculpted from the tongue. A properly processed offal without any problems can become either a personal dish or a component for dishes (salad, snacks). The main thing is to know the secrets and tricks of the culinary cuisine. For example, you should not immediately clear the offal from the film, so as not to damage the texture. And you need to cook the tongue without adding salt (put spices / salt / pepper only at the very end of cooking). Ingredients such as celery (root), carrots with onions and bay leaves will give a special aroma with a touch and aftertaste to pork tongue dishes. Knowing how to cook a tasty and proper language, you will undoubtedly receive approval and praise from guests and loved ones. Salads with this by-product, and first and second courses are also very tasty: soup and roll, casserole, for example. And simple recipes of dishes from pork tongue will surprise everyone present at the table with their embodiment in the form of tasty and tender dishes. And you will be proud of your culinary art.

Jellied

We will also try to cook this traditional dish of pork tongue for the festive table, for example, on New Year's Eve or for another celebration. To do this, we need the following ingredients: a kilogram of fresh pork tongue, 3 onions, a large root of parsley or celery, a bag of gelatin, salt / spices according to your individual preferences. To decorate the finished dish, you can use sprigs of greens and onion feathers, boiled egg rings or carrots - as you wish.

We just cook

1. This dish of pork tongue is very easy to prepare. Pour the washed offal by cold water, bringing to a boil. Reduce the heat, remove the foam, and after a while add the parsley root, onions with carrots - you can whole. Cook on low heat until cooked (check with a fork, piercing the tongue - it should enter freely, then look at the juice flowing out of the tongue: it should become transparent).
2. Then we take out the finished tongue from the pan and fill it with ice water, and then remove the skin from it and send it back to the broth swimming: we boil and turn off the fire of the stove.
3. Soak gelatin in cool water and leave for a while. We discard the gelatin in a colander and combine the resulting liquid with a warm broth from under the tongue. Mix thoroughly and bring to a boil, and then filter.
4. In the prepared molds, we lay out the offal, cut into thin rings or half rings, pour in the broth with gelatin. Cool and place in the refrigerator for final solidification.
5. Before serving dishes with pork tongue to the table, decorate it with herbs and other improvised means.

Boiled

This is a fairly simple language dish, but very tasty. You can serve it on any festive (and everyday) table, as a cold appetizer, as hot as a garnish of vegetables, green peas. And the offal is cooked for 2 hours, over low heat with the use of spices and roots with herbs. Water for cooking should be saturated with them, then the dish turns out tastier. Check the readiness of the product with a fork. If you wish, it can be served with sauce (mustard, sour cream, tomato ketchup, milk with horseradish).

Ingredients

For cooking, we need: a kilogram of fresh pork tongue, peppercorns (black and allspice), bay leaf, carrot, onion, parsley or celery root (or both). And start to cook!

How to cook

1. We wash the offal in running water (you can even soak a couple of hours). Then we put the tongue into the container and fill it with water so that it covers it. Add bay leaf, peppercorns. We put on the tile and start cooking (as it boils - remove the wand and fasten the fire).
2. Peel the carrots, onions, my celery and parsley. We cut everything coarsely and add to the pan. Bring to a boil again, and then cook for two hours (under the lid).
3. We lay the finished offal in a bowl with cool water. Then clean the peel with a knife. Cut the tongue into circles or semicircles. We serve to the table.

Olivie

This is a salad that has become a tradition for many families. But each mistress has her own recipe. Olivier salad, where instead of the sausage or meat component is used, can also be cooked. For this we need the following ingredients: a pound of already boiled tongue, 4 medium-sized potatoes, a dozen eggs, a jar of green peas (canned), a pound of pickles (preferably barrel, without vinegar). Some still add ingredients such as onions, apples. But today we can do without these frills. And for dressing we use not too fat mayonnaise (how much will it take), salt with pepper.

Cooking a dish

1. Hard-boiled eggs, cool, peel. Then cut into cubes (both protein and yolk).
2. We cut the pickles finely.
3. Cook the potatoes directly in their uniforms, and then peel and cut them into cubes.
4. Pork tongue cut into strips or cubes.
5. We mix all the ingredients in a container of suitable size and season with mayonnaise and spices (mainly ground black pepper or a mixture of different types of peppers).
6. We set aside the olivier with the tongue in the refrigerator and let it brew for an hour. And now you can put on the table! We decorate the salad with greens and grated yolks (for example, you can use green peas and grated cheese).

Pork tongue hot dishes: recipes

From this offal you can cook the first and second. It contains the optimal amount of protein, and at the same time - not too many kilocalories. Let’s take a look at a few recipes for hot dishes based on this delicious ingredient.

Soup

He will be hearty and rich. And any housewife can cook it. To do this, you will need the following ingredients: a pound of tongue, 3 medium potatoes, 2/3 cup buckwheat, carrot, onion, salt / pepper, sour cream - half a glass, greens for garnish.

Cooking

1. Boil the tongue (1.5-2 hours) and remove from the broth. Cool and remove the skin from it, cutting into large pieces. The resulting broth is filtered.
2. Rinse and peel potatoes with carrots. Cut into cubes and circles - respectively.
3. Enter the vegetables in a pot with broth.
4. We wash the buckwheat and send it there.
5. When the cereal is almost ready, add to the mass pieces of pork tongue.
6. Shred the onion and stew in oil, and then add to the pan.
7. Salt and pepper in moderation. Let us brew soup. And when serving, you can decorate it with chopped fresh herbs and add sour cream. Tasty - just lick your fingers!

In sour cream sauce

Second courses of pork tongue are not so often found on the table, and in vain! As an example, we recommend the following recipe. And by the way, a minimum of effort, a maximum of taste - a terrific combination. We will need the following ingredients: 700 grams of pork tongue, onion, sour cream (glass), vegetable oil, a little flour, 250 grams of champignons (you can not add them to the dish), salt with pepper and spices according to your individual preference.

How to cook

1. First of all, wash my tongue and put it in a pan filled with cold water. Cook over low heat for an hour and a half or two (until the product is soft). Salt in the end.
2. We take offal from the broth, cool and cut into medium cubes or slices.
3. At the bottom of the cooking container, pour a little vegetable oil and send the mushrooms there. Fry over low heat. Simultaneously fry until gold and chopped onion finely. Then add the fried onion to the mushroom stewpan, continue cooking for a few more minutes.
4. We spread the pig tongue there. Add your favorite spices.
5. In a small amount of broth, we breed a little flour. Combine the mixture with sour cream, then pour into a saucepan with the rest of the ingredients. Gently mix and leave to stew for another 15 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle the dish with fresh herbs and lay out in portions.

Julienne

This is a dish of pork tongue in the oven. Unusual, delicious julienne with a tongue is baked in it. And you need to cook it with onions, with mushrooms, with milk or sour cream sauce. We will need the following ingredients: two boiled pork tongues, 300 grams of mushrooms or oyster mushrooms, onion, 100 grams of butter, salt with peppers, half a cup of flour, a glass of fat milk, 300 grams of hard cheese.

How to cook

1. Boiled in advance and peeled tongue cut into small cubes or strips.
2. We cut the mushrooms into cubes, and chop the onion finely. Fry mushrooms with onions in oil (and leave half of it for the sauce). Salt / pepper.
3. Hard cheese (it is not necessary to use the most expensive) three large on a grater.
4. We spread a little cheese in the baking dish. Put the tongue on the cheese. Then add the mushrooms and onions.
5. In the remaining oil, fry the flour. She should mix well with butter. Then we add milk there, we mix until thickened. The resulting sauce is poured into baking dishes, and sprinkle with the remaining cheese on top.
6. Bake in preheated to 180 gr. oven (about 20 minutes, until golden brown).
7. And now we have our next hot dish of pork tongue. Julienne is served to the table in portions, right in the baking tins. You do not need to decorate, but you can use chopped greens. Bon appetit to everyone!