
Main Courses - Meat
Braised Moose Tongue
1h 46min4 servingsHard
Traditional Quebec recipe: Braised Moose Tongue. A classic wild game dish from the Quebec hunting tradition.
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Ingredients
- 1 moose tongue(about 1.5 kg)
- 2 onions, quartered
- 3 carrots, cut into chunks
- 3 celery stalks, cut into chunks
- 4 garlic cloves
- 10 black peppercorns
- 3 cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 For the sauce
- 250 ml cooking broth
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
Instructions
- 1
Place the tongue in a large pot with the vegetables and aromatics.
- 2
Cover with cold water and bring to a boil.
- 3
Skim, reduce heat, and simmer for 3-4 hours until tender.
- 4
Remove the tongue from the broth. Immediately plunge it into ice water.
- 5
Peel the thick skin while it is still warm.
- 6
For the sauce, make a roux with the butter and flour, then moisten with the broth.
- 7
Add the mustard and cook until thickened.
- 8
Slice the tongue thinly and drizzle with mustard sauce.
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