Lengua Estofado
Description:
Ox tongue in mushroom sauce served with mashed potatoes topped with browned onion bits. It really sounds continental but, believe it or not, most Filipino cookbooks include a version of this dish.
Because of its price in the Philippines, ox tongue is served mostly in expensive restaurants and hotels. When served with mushroom sauce, a few slices are arranged on the dinner plate and served with a scoop or two of mashed potatoes. Neither is it a dish commonly served at home because of the extensive cooking time it requires. But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it…
Ingredients:
# 1 ox tongue
# 2 tablespoons lemon juice
# 1/4 cup soy sauce
# 1/4 cup olive oil
# 1/2 cup butter
# 5 cloves garlic, minced
# 2 medium onion, chopped
# 1/3 cup fresh tomato, chopped
# salt
# 3 tablespoons soy sauce
# 1 piece bay leaf
# 1/4 teaspoon peppercorn
# 1/4 cup white wine
# enough broth or water, to cover tongue
Directions:
1. Rub tongue w/ salt& vinegar.
2. Rinse& boil 5 minutes.
3. Scrape white coating on surface.
4. Marinate in lemon juice& soy sauce for 1 hour.
5. Brown in olive oil& butter.
6. Set aside.
7. In the same pan, saute garlic, onions,& tomatoes.
8. Put back the tongue and blend the rest of the ingredients.
9. Pour into large saucepan, bring to a boil, then lower heat, simmer for 3 hours or until tongue is tender.
10. Strain sauce, set aside.
11. Slice tongue& arrange on a platter.
12. Prepare mushroom-butter sauce.
13. For Mushroom Butter Sauce: Melt butter in skillet.
14. Blend in flour.
15. Add the mushrooms& strained sauce.
16. Cook until bubbly.
17.Water may be added if sauce is too thick.
18. Pour over sliced meat& serve.
*** It's really SARAP
