Such a delicacy, like beef tongue, will please even "not a fan" of meat delicacies, if, of course, correctly prepare the product for use. What is beef tongue? It is a muscle without any veins and lymph nodes. The surface of the tongue is rough to the touch. Has a not particularly attractive purple color, but in the cut, on the contrary, tempting is gently pink.
Many different ways for cooking a tasty tongue: it can be smoked;salinize;to fry;steaming;to extinguish. Cooked tongue is added to different kinds of salads. But first you need to clean it properly.
How to clean cooked beef tongue from the skin
Cooked beef tongue is much easier to clean than raw. This is how it is recommended to do in most cases, when you just need a boiled tongue, which you will eat as a ready dish or use for cooking salads.
- After cooking, put the ready, hot tongue in cold water for a short while;
- Get out of the water, start cleaning up rough skin. Do this in a direction from the root of the tongue to its sharp end;
- The skin is removed without much effort, the main thing is that the tongue is cooked.
How to clean beef tongue before cooking
Some recipes require that the tongue be cleaned before cooking. It can be done in this way:
- It is necessary to rinse the product well and put in cold water for soaking. Hold for about an hour in water( after soaking it will be easier to clean);
- Next, take the kitchen knife and start scraping from all sides, removing the frozen blood, stuck slime, and other various contaminants. Rinse again. Before you should lie a clean even piece of meat, ready for further action;
- After you put the tongue to cook, only not in cold water, but it is necessary to put it in boiling water first. Cook for about three hours( depending on the weight and size of the product).
How to clean a damp tongue before smoking or pickling
It is necessary to clean the raw tongue and before pickling or smoking it. In this case, this is a good way:
- For a start, it's best to freeze a fresh by-product. A frozen tongue will be easier to cleanse from the skin;
- Take a well ground knife. Carefully cut the skin, without damaging the main part of the tongue, and unwind in a round, as if peeling an orange peel;
- The tongue is ready to be salted or smoked.
In any of the dishes this meat delicacy will be not only tasty, but also very useful. This luggage of vitamins is not very beautiful in appearance, but the taste is very soft and tender.
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- Choose only fresh beef tongue on the store shelves. And immediately, when you get home, start the procedure. After all, the shelf life of such a product does not exceed 12 hours;
- It is compulsory for a fresh quality product to stand a stamp of sanitary inspection, which confirms that the animal did not have any diseases.