Stewed Tongue

Ingredients

• Cut square fillets of bacon
• four sprigs of parsley
• two of thyme
• a little garlic
• two cloves
• two carrots cut in small pieces
• two small onions
• salt
• pepper
• wet with a glass of white wine
• and a glass of broth

Method

1. 1

   Lard the tongue with the fillets; put in a saucepan the bacon, parsley, thyme, garlic, cloves, carrots, onions, salt and pepper.

2. 2

   Lay the tongue on the whole; simmer about five hours, keeping it well covered.

3. 3

   Put the tongue on a dish and strain the sauce over it.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new home cook book (1896), page 45. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEWED TONGUE, Mrs. J. A. Ellis. Cut square fillets of bacon, which dredge with a mix- ture of chopped parsley, salt, pepper and a little allspice. Lard the tongue with the fillets ; put in a sauce-pan two ounces of bacon cut in slices, four sprigs of parsley, two of thyme, a little garlic, two cloves, two carrots cut in small pieces, two small onions, salt and pepper. Lay the tongue on the whole ; wet with a glass of white wine and a glass of broth

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