Boiled Tongue

• 1 salted ox tongue
• 8 oz/225 g root vegetables

Soak the tongue for 4 hours and drain well. Put in a large pan and cover with cold water. Bring slowly to the boil and skim well. Add the chopped vegetables, herbs and peppercorns and simmer for about 3 hours until the bones at the root of the tongue will pull out easily. Cool in the liquid, take off the skin and trim away root and bones. Curl the tongue round in a cake tin or straight-sided di