Beef Tongue With Raisin Sauce
By: Barnaby Dorfman
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 10:22pm

Ingredients




1 fresh Beef Tongue
3 smalls onions, chopped
2 smalls carrots, peeled and chopped
4 stalks celery & leaves
6 sprigs parsley
8 peppercorns
Salt & pepper to taste
2/3 cup seedless raisins
6 teaspoons Oil
3 teaspoons flour
1/4 cup vinegar
1 lemon, sliced

Preparation

1 Prepare Tongue 2 Place tongue in a large pot with onions, carrots, celery and parsley. Add water to cover. Add peppercorns and salt. 3 Simmer gently until tender, for 3 to 5 hours. Drain. Strain and reserve liquid. 4 Make Sauce 5 Heat oil in a saucepan, add flour and stir until blended. Gradually stir in 2 cups reserved liquid, add raisins, lemon slices, and vinegar. simmer until raisins plump and soften, about 20 minutes. 6 Serve 7 Remove skin from tongue and trim connective tissue on the bottom. Slice thinly, and arrange around a plate. Pour sauce over sliced tongue and serve hot.