Ox

Pickled Ox Tongue

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Ingredients:

  • 1 ox tongue

  • 2 tsp peppercorn

  • 3 tsp salt

  • 2 carrots

  • 2 turnips

  • 2 sticks of celery

  • 1 Onion

  • 1 Leek

  • Small bunch of wild Garlic

  • 2 cups vinegar

Method:

Roughly chop the carrots, turnips, celery, onion, leek & garlic. Add to a large pot, along with the salt & pepper and Ox tongue.

Cover with cold water. Bring to a boil and simmer for approximately 3 hours, until the meat is tender. Leave to cool until the tongue is handleable. Peel the skin from the tongue and discard.

Add the vinegar and 2 cups of the leftover broth from boiling the tongue to a pot or cauldron, Bring to a boil and simmer for a few minutes.

Thinly slice the tongue and put into a kilner jar, or other suitable container. Pour the vinegar broth over the tongue and leave for a minimum of one week before eating.