Tongue salad - general principles and methods of preparation
Boiled language is considered to be a real delicacy, it produces wonderful dishes that become the decoration of the festive table. It is difficult to overestimate the benefits of this product, it helps to increase hemoglobin, is necessary for pregnant women, children, nursing mothers, people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. At the same time, pork or beef tongue is eaten not only as boiled meat or "jellied", but also serves as the basis for many tasty and nutritious salads.
Tongue Salad - Product Preparation
The main preparation when preparing a salad from the tongue is to properly boil the tongue and remove the hard skin from it.
To begin with, the tongue should be thoroughly washed in cold running water, then put in boiling water and boil for 2.5-3 hours. To make the main ingredient for the salad tender and aromatic, salt, black peppercorns and bay leaves are added to the water.
It is easier to remove the skin from the tongue if you put it still hot in cold water.
Recipe 1: Salad with Tongue and Mushrooms
Beef and pork tongues go well with mushrooms, especially with mushrooms or boletus. An example of such an interesting combination is the following salad.
Ingredients:
- 100 grams of beef tongue (pre-boil);
- 80 grams of champignons;
- 1 small onion;
- 30 grams of fresh cucumbers;
- 30 grams of pickles;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- a few tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- salt.
Cooking method
Cut the boiled tongue into small strips. Fry onions and boiled mushrooms in vegetable oil. Mix the ingredients, season the salad with mayonnaise.
Recipe 2: Salad with Tongue and Vegetables
It is rather difficult to imagine a product that would not go well with vegetables. We offer a recipe for a delicious and nutritious salad of pork or beef tongue and vegetables.
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of language;
- 1 carrot;
- 1-2 potatoes;
- 1 pickled cucumber;
- celery root;
- 1 egg;
- 30 grams of vegetable oil;
- ground black pepper;
- 20 milliliters of 3% vinegar;
- salt;
- dill.
Cooking method
All vegetables (except cucumbers) should be peeled and boiled in salted water. We cut the salad ingredients into cubes, make a sauce of vegetable oil, vinegar and black pepper. Dress the salad with sauce, sprinkle with herbs.
Recipe 3: Tongue Salad with Nuts
Nuts and garlic are quite compatible, this tandem acquires a particularly pleasant taste and aroma if a little garlic is added.
Ingredients:
- 1 beef tongue;
- 4 tablespoons of walnuts;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 50 grams of mayonnaise;
- ground black pepper;
- salt.
Cooking method
We pass the garlic through the garlic, mix with finely chopped boiled tongue, add chopped walnuts. We mix all the components of the salad, salt, pepper and season with the sauce.
Recipe 4: Salad with Boiled Tongue and Avocado
Avocado is a fairly new and unconventional product for the CIS countries, but the Slavs have long learned how to combine it correctly with other products.
Ingredients:
- 400 grams of boiled tongue;
- 2 avocados;
- 1 egg;
- 1 small onion;
- mayonnaise.
Cooking method
Peel the avocado and cut into cubes. Pieces of the tongue are made the same size as an avocado, chopped onion finely. We mix all the ingredients, season with mayonnaise, salt. After the salad is laid out in a dish, it is decorated with slices of boiled egg.
Recipe 5: Italian Salad
Language is considered a delicacy not only in Russia, but also in other countries of the world. In Italy, whose cuisine is famous for its excellent recipes, they came up with a salad of veal tongue, anchovies, boiled beets and tomatoes.
Ingredients:
- 200 grams of calf tongue;
- 150 grams of boiled beets;
- 1 tomato;
- 10 grams of anchovies;
- lettuce leaves;
- celery root;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- salt.
Cooking method
It is necessary to cut into pieces boiled beets and veal tongue, lettuce leaves to tear by hand, add anchovies, boiled celery root in a blender, chopped tomatoes without skin and seeds.
Salt the salad and season with mayonnaise.
Recipe 6: Boiled Tongue Salad with Pineapple
Beef tongue is combined not only with vegetables, but also with fruits, especially with pineapples.
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of boiled beef tongue;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- several circles of pineapple (fresh or canned);
- 1 large bell pepper;
- 2 cloves of garlic.
Cooking method
Dice pepper, tongue and pineapple, grate cheese on a coarse grater, garlic - on a fine. Salt the salad, season with mayonnaise. You can decorate the dish with pomegranate seeds.
Salad with tongue - useful tips from experienced chefs
Beef tongue is cooked 2.5-3 hours, calf - 2 hours. The degree of readiness is checked as follows: pierce the tip of the tongue with a knife, if this is done easily and the knife enters freely, you can remove the tongue from boiling water.
Skin is removed from the tongue easier if it is immediately placed in hot water in cold water for several minutes.
To make the smell pleasant, you can boil your tongue not in the first water, but in the second, for this you should boil it in a saucepan for 5-7 minutes, then take it out and transfer to another saucepan with new boiling water.
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