Lengua al ajillo

woodmoose

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Spanish style beef tongue with Garlic

ingredients
  • prepped and sliced beef tongue - 2 lbs or so
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 6 cloves garlic peeled and thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup sweet white wine
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • ground pepper to taste
  • parsley for garnish

took the leftover tongue and sliced. Melt two tablespoons of butter in a frying pan. Lightly brown the beef tongue slices in the butter. Flip them over to brown the opposite side. Arrange the beef tongue on a serving plate.

in the same fry pan, add another third of the butter to the pan. Throw in the garlic slices and cook over medium-low heat, scraping the bottom of the pan, until lightly browned.

Turn up the heat to high and pour in the wine. Boil, uncovered, until reduced by half.

Turn down the heat and add the remaining butter. Swirl the pan around to melt.

Off the heat, stir in the lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. Stir. Taste. Add more salt, pepper or lemon juice to suit your preference.
spoon the sauce over the beef tongue. Spread the garlic on top.

Garnish with chopped parsley and serve

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it was decadently good - real good. That dang beef tongue is melt in your mouth and that sauce is prime.


Beef Tongue - it's not just for tacos anymore!!
 

Soilman

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Looks good! But that's one of those "Don't EVER tell the wife what it is" meals for some of us!
 
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