Salad with tongue - general principles and methods of cooking
Boiled language is considered to be a real delicacy, it turns out wonderful dishes that become a decoration of the festive table. It is difficult to overestimate the benefits of this product, it helps to increase hemoglobin, it 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 “aspic”, but also serves as the basis for many delicious and nutritious salads.
Salad with tongue - food preparation
Home preparation when preparing a salad of the tongue is to ensure that the tongue is properly boiled and the hard skin is removed from it.
To begin with, the tongue should be thoroughly washed in cold running water, then put into boiling water and boil for 2.5-3 hours. To the main ingredient for the salad turned out to be tender and fragrant, salt, black pepper, peas and bay leaf 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 are perfectly combined 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 pickled cucumbers;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- a few spoons of vegetable oil;
- salt.
Method of preparation
Boiled tongue cut into medium-sized straws. Fry the onions and boiled mushrooms in vegetable oil. The ingredients are mixed, dressing salad with mayonnaise.
Recipe 2: Salad with tongue and vegetables
It is quite difficult to imagine a product that would not fit 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.
Method of preparation
All vegetables (except cucumbers) should be peeled and boiled in salted water. Cut the ingredients of the salad into cubes, make a sauce of vegetable oil, vinegar and black pepper. Dressing salad dressing, sprinkle with herbs.
Recipe 3: Salad of tongue and nuts
Nuts and garlic are quite compatible, the tandem acquires a particularly pleasant taste and aroma if you add a little garlic.
Ingredients:
- 1 beef tongue;
- 4 tablespoons of walnuts;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 50 grams of mayonnaise;
- ground black pepper;
- salt.
Method of preparation
Garlic skip through garlic, mix with chopped boiled tongue, add chopped walnuts. All components of the salad mix, salt, pepper and season with sauce.
Recipe 4: Boiled Tongue Salad and Avocado
Avocados are a fairly new and unconventional product for the CIS countries, but the Slavs have long learned how to properly combine it with other products.
Ingredients:
- 400 grams of boiled tongue;
- 2 avocados;
- 1 egg;
- 1 small onion;
- mayonnaise.
Method of preparation
Avocado peeled and cut into cubes. We make slices of the tongue the same size as avocados, chop onions finely. All the ingredients are mixed, dressed with mayonnaise, salt. After the salad is laid out in a dish, it is decorated with pieces of boiled egg.
Recipe 5: Salad with “Italian”
The language is considered a delicacy not only in Russia, but also in other countries of the world. In Italy, the cuisine of which is famous for its beautiful recipes, came up with a salad of calf tongue, anchovies, boiled beets and tomatoes. Ingredients:
- 200 grams of veal tongue;
- 150 grams of boiled beets;
- 1 tomato;
- 10 grams of anchovy;
- lettuce leaves;
- celery root;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- salt.
Method of preparation
It is necessary to cut pieces of boiled beets and veal tongue, tear lettuce leaves with hands, 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 Pineapples
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.
Method of preparation
Pepper, tongue and pineapple cut into cubes, rub the cheese on a coarse grater, garlic - into small. Salad salad, season with mayonnaise. You can decorate the dish with pomegranate seeds.
Salad with language - useful tips from experienced chefs
Beef tongue cooks 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 it is done easily and the knife enters freely, you can remove the tongue from the boiling water.
Skin is removed from the tongue easier if it is immediately placed in the cold for a few minutes out of hot water.
To make the smell pleasant, you can boil the tongue not in the first water, but in the second, for this it should be boiled in a saucepan for 5-7 minutes, then taken out and put into another saucepan with new boiling water.
