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Vēršu mēle ar āboliem un mandelēm

Ox tongue with apple, almond and currant sauce

  • Serves 6
  • about 4 hours
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1796Wehrschu mehle ar ahboleem un mandelehm.

Modernizētslpp. 127–128 · PDF 141–142
6 porcijas

The book gives "a couple of handfuls" of almonds, which we read as about 70 g (a handful is about 30–40 g, see measures.yml); it gives no other amounts.

Method

5 soļi
  1. Simmer the tongue in salted water, covered, for 3–3½ hours, until the tip is tender. Peel off the skin while hot and trim off the root and gristle.
  2. Cut it in half lengthwise and fry the halves in the butter over medium heat for 3–4 minutes on each side, until golden brown. Keep warm.
  3. For the sauce, melt the butter in a wide pan, stir in the flour and cook, stirring, until light brown, 3–4 minutes.
  4. Add the apples, almonds, currants, sugar, cloves, vinegar, wine and water. Simmer for 10–15 minutes, until the apples are tender but still hold their shape and the sauce has thickened a little. Taste and balance with sugar or vinegar.
  5. Lay the tongue in a warm dish, slice it if you like, and pour the sauce over.

Notes

What the book says vs. what we added

the method is the book's: the tongue boiled, skinned, halved lengthwise and fried golden brown in butter; apples and peeled almonds cut into small lengthwise pieces and simmered with currants, sugar, cut cloves, wine vinegar, wine and water in butter browned with a little flour, then poured over the tongue. The salt, the times and all amounts except the almonds are ours. The book doesn't say which wine; white suits the apples.

Almonds

to blanch whole almonds, pour boiling water over them, leave for 1 minute, drain and squeeze them out of their skins.

Sweet-sour fruit sauces with tongue were common in German and Baltic cooking; see also the apple sauce in 02-012.

Tongue

if your tongue is brined, soak it overnight in cold water and leave out the salt.

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