Boiled Tongue

Description
In Romanian: Limba fiarta

Ingredients

 * 1 beef or 3 - 4 pork tongues (approx 2 lbs / 1 kg)
 * 2 onions
 * 1 parsley root
 * 1 carrot
 * 1 bay leaf
 * 4 - 5 juniper berries
 * salt
 * horseradish sauce
 * mustard or tomato sauce

Directions

 * 1) Wash the tongue in several changes of water, scrape with a knife, remove the fatty parts, set in a pot with cold water and simmer.
 * 2) Remove foam, add onion, soup vegetables, juniper berries, bay leaf and salt. Cover and simmer for 3 hours.
 * 3) Remove from the water, place on a cutting board and peel with the help of a knife, pulling the skin from the tip to the root.
 * 4) Slice, arrange on a platter and pour horseradish or mustard or tomato sauce over it.