Cook aspic from the tongue for 2 hours. In total, it will take 2,5 hours to prepare aspic from the tongue.
How to cook aspic from the tongue
Products
Beef tongue – half of the tongue weighing about 300 grams
Carrots – 2 pieces
Onions – 1 head
Quail eggs – 2 pieces
Olives or olives – 10 pieces
Lemon – quarter
Parsley – a few twigs
Gelatin – 1 tablespoon (agar-agar)
Bay leaf – 1 piece
Black peppercorns – 5 peas
Salt – 1 rounded teaspoon
How to cook aspic from the tongue
1. Boil the tongue until tender.
2. Strain the beef tongue broth into a bowl, squeeze the juice of a quarter of a lemon into it.
3. Rinse the tongue under cold water and remove the skin, cut into cubes or rub on a coarse grater.
4. Pour a little water over the gelatin and leave for 30 minutes, then reheat.
5. Pour the gelatin into the broth, mix and strain again.
6. Cook carrots and quail eggs separately.
7. Peel the carrots, cut into circles and cut out decorations (leaves or flowers) from each circle.
8. Peel and cut the quail eggs into transverse circles.
9. Prepare molds for aspic, put tongue on the bottom of each mold.
10. Put carrots, quail eggs, olives and parsley leaves, taking into account that the finished aspic will be turned over.
11. Carefully pour in the gelatin mixture.
12. Cool aspic.
13. Put the filler in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
14. Serve the aspic on flat plates, turning the jellied over onto them.
See more recipes for jellied fish and vegetables.
Delicious facts
How to make aspic without gelatin
Jellied beef tongue can be made by replacing the gelatinous mass with steep chicken broth.
How to decorate aspic
Vegetables: canned green peas and corn; boiled carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, beets.
Mushrooms: pickled and freshly boiled champignons.
Greens: dill, parsley.
Eggs: chicken and quail.
Also: unsweetened berries.
How to decorate aspic
When preparing aspic, it is important that you can cook it in layers. For example, first of all, you can put dill and quail eggs (so that they do not touch or crumple), wait for solidification. Then put the carrots and olives, and put the beef tongue only in the third layer.
Jellied for the holiday
Jellied can be decorated according to the theme of the holiday – for example, the New Year is coming soon and it will be relevant to put the inscription “Happy New 2018” on a wide dish with olives or peas.