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SPICED BEEF TONGUE
Photo: Lily Banse

SPICED BEEF TONGUE

5 ingredients 1 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

118
Calories
4g
Protein
1g
Fat
25g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pea 1/2 cup (72g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Cloves 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • two quarts of water
  • a pound of brown sugar
  • a piece of saltpetre the size of a pea
  • a tablespoonful of ground cloves
  • a pound of salt to two quarts of water

Directions

1

Rub into each tongue a mixture made of half a pound of brown sugar, a piece of saltpetre the size of a pea and a tablespoonful of ground cloves, put it in a brine made of three-quarters of a pound of salt to two quarts of water and keep covered. Pickle two weeks, then wash well and dry with a cloth; roll out a thin paste made of flour and water, smear it all over the tongue and place in a pan to bake slowly; baste well with lard and hot water; when done scrape off the paste and skim.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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