Boiled Tongue

Description

In Romanian: Limba fiarta

Ingredients

• 1 beef or 3 - 4 pork tongues (approx 2 lbs / 1 kg)
• 2 onions
• 1 parsley root
• 1 carrot
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 - 5 juniper berries
• salt
• horseradish sauce
• mustard or tomato sauce

Directions

1. Wash the tongue in several changes of water, scrape with a knife, remove the fatty parts, set in a pot with cold water and simmer.
2. Remove foam, add onion, soup vegetables, juniper berries, bay leaf and salt. Cover and simmer for 3 hours.
3. Remove from the water, place on a cutting board and peel with the help of a knife, pulling the skin from the tip to the root.
4. Slice, arrange on a platter and pour horseradish or mustard or tomato sauce over it.