Apple-Cider-Rich Boiled Tongue Dinner

Name: Apple-Cider-Rich Boiled Tongue Dinner
Ingredients: 12 medium new potatoes; 1 cup apple cider vinegar; 5 cups apple cider; 1½ cups dark beer; 15 white boiling onions (each 1 to 1½ inches in diameter), peeled; 6 small carrots, peeled, cut in half lengthwise, and then across into 2-inch pieces; 1 tablespoon kosher salt; 2 teaspoons sugar; ½ teaspoon ground cloves; 1 medium head green cabbage, cut into 6 wedges through the core; One 1½-pound piece cooked beef tongue, skin and fibers removed; 1 large head garlic (about 20 cloves), smashed and peeled

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Intolerant Gourmet

By Barbara Kafka

Published 2011

About

This requires that the family not be squeamish eaters. I start with a raw tongue, but it’s okay to buy a cooked one.

Ingredients

12 medium new potatoes
15 white boiling onions (each 1 to 1½ inches in diameter), pe

Dinner
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Place the potatoes, onions, beer, cider, vinegar, cloves, sugar, and salt in a large wide pot over high heat. Cover. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat and cook, covered, at a moderate boil for 10 minutes.

Add the carrots, garlic, and tongue, pushing the vegetables away as much as possible to allow the tongue to nestle in the liquid. Cover. Return to a boil. Lower the heat and cook, covere