Lingua Di Manzo Al Citriuoli Tongue With Cucumber Recipe

Ingredients: Ox tongue, salt, pepper, nutmeg, parsley, bacon, veal,

carrots, onions, thyme, bay leaves, cloves, stock.



Gently boil an ox tongue until you can peel off the skin, then lard it,

season it with salt, pepper, nutmeg, and chopped parsley, and boil it

with some bits of bacon, ham, veal, a carrot, an onion, two bay leaves,

thyme and two cloves. Pour some good stock over it and let it simmer

gently until it is cooked. Put the tongue on a dish and garnish it with

slices of fried cucumber. Boil the cucumber for five minutes before you

fry it, to take away the bitter taste. Serve the tongue with a sauce

piquante, made with one dessert-spoonful of New Century sauce to a

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