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Summary

Prep Time 20 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

Beef Tongue
Beef Tongue
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Instructions

  1. Wash the beef tongue and boil it in water until tender, roughly 2-3 hours
  2. Remove the tongue from water, let cool slightly, then peel off the skin and cut into thin slices about ½ cm thick
  3. Dice 2 onions and sauté in olive oil over medium heat until softened, roughly 5-8 minutes
  4. Add 2 tablespoons tomato paste, 1 glass red wine, about 0.4 liters of the reserved cooking water, salt, pepper, and 1 teaspoon dried thyme; reduce over medium heat for 45 minutes
  5. Stir in 2 tablespoons quince jelly and 2 tablespoons crème fraîche
  6. Return the tongue slices to the sauce and heat through over medium heat for 2-3 minutes, then serve