Tongue in jelly

14 servings
5 hours 30 min


1. Fill your tongue with cold water, into which add the juice of half a lemon, for 30 minutes. After that, clean, wash it, rub with the second half of the lemon. This will remove the scents.

2. Pour 3 litres of water into a saucepan, bring to the boil. Lower the prepared tongue into the water, cook it for 15 minutes. Drain the broth, wash your tongue thoroughly again. Then bring the same amount of clean water to the boil again, put the tongue in the boiling liquid and cook it for 1 hours.

3. Peel the carrots, onions and parsley roots, put in the stock.

4. Add salt, allspice, black pepper, cloves, laurel to it. Cook the stock for another hour.

5. The time has passed - remove the cooked tongue from the broth and immerse it in icy water for a couple of minutes, remove the skin. Thanks to the temperature difference, the skin will be removed very easily.

6. Remove the vegetables from the broth, put the peeled tongue. Cook for 15 minutes, then remove the tongue and let it cool completely.

7. Whisk the egg white, put it in a warm broth. In general, the proportions are as follows: 1 egg white per 1 liter of liquid. This is necessary in order for the broth to become lighter. Let the broth stand for half an hour, after which strain it through gauze folded several times.

8. Pour some broth (100 ml) into a glass, pour in the gelatin (

2. 5 tbsp), stir until it disperses.

9. Pour the diluted gelatin into 0. 5 liters of the broth, leave to heat, stirring so that the gelatin dissolves completely. It is important not to boil! 10. Pour the broth with gelatin onto a wide flat dish. Place for 20 minutes in the refrigerator. 1
1. At this time, cut the cartilage from the tongue and, starting from the thick edge, cut it into slices of about 0. 5cm thick. 1

2. Place the slices on a layer of gelatin, place the green peas, boiled carrots, cut to your taste - in cubes or circles (flowers), a sprig of fresh parsley. 1

3. Pour the remaining broth with gelatin, put again for 20 minutes in the refrigerator. 1

4. Do the same with the remaining broth and tongue. Enjoy your meal!