BEEF RECIPES
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Beef Recipes
Ox Tongue
From 'Mexico The Cookbook' by Margarita Carrillo Arronte
A more unusual ingredient, the basis of this recipe is Ox Tongue. With a Pumpkin Seed Sauce to create a truly unique flavour profile. If Ox is unavailbe, replace with Beef.Ingredients
- 1 ox tongue, cleaned
- 100g guajillo chillies, dry roasted
- 2 bay leaves
- 300g pumpkin seeds, dry roasted
- 3 cloves garlic
- 250g corn flour
- 150g ground peanuts
- Salt
Recipe
- Put the chillies in a small bowl with enough hot water to cover them and soak for 15 minutes.
- Put the tongue, bay leaves, and a pinch of salt into a large saucepan and pour in enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 3 hours.
- Put the pumpkin seeds into a blender. Add the chillies and garlic and process until thoroughly combined. Pour the mixture into a pan.
- Put the corn flour into a bowl and add just enough water to make a thick paste.
- Set the pan of the chilli and pumpkin seed mixture over medium heat and stir in the corn flour paste and ground peanuts.
- Cook, stirring continuously, until the mixture comes to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring frequently, for about 2 hours.
- Meanwhile, remove the tongue from the pan and peel off the skin. Let cool and slice.
- Reserve the cooking liquid.
- When the sauce has finished cooking, stir in enough of the reserved cooking liquid to make a sauce with the consistency of gravy.
- Add the tongue and heat it through gently for 20 minutes, until it is piping hot.
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