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Cream-Braised Beef Tongue with Bacon

Tender boiled beef tongue larded with bacon and finished in the oven with paprika, onion, cooking broth and cream.

Method

Steps

  1. Step 1

    Cover cleaned tongue with salted water and simmer gently until tender, provisionally 2–3 hours. Lift it out, peel the skin while warm and reserve one cup strained cooking liquid.

  2. Step 2

    Heat oven to 180 °C. Cut shallow slots in the cooked tongue and tuck in thin bacon strips; dust it with paprika. Place in a deep baking dish with sliced onion, reserved broth and cream.

  3. Step 3

    Bake about 35–45 minutes, basting every 15 minutes until onion softens, sauce lightly reduces and the reheated tongue reaches 74 °C. Avoid a violent boil that splits the cream.

  4. Step 4

    Slice the tongue and serve hot with its cream-onion sauce and a little chopped parsley.

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