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Wegmans was out of beef tongue, so I went to Walmart, which sells the Rumba brand of fresh organ meats, including smooth and honeycomb tripe, liver, oxtails, and beef cheeks. Tongue in hand, I firmed up my courage and purchased meat from Walmart.
When I first got interested in organ meats (and cooked a bit of beef liver into rubbery oblivion), most of the recipes I could find were tongue with a raisin sauce. While they all were a bit
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Bitter flavors are often well-tempered by strong meats. Dandelion salad is great with bacon, radiccio is delicious grilled and wrapped in prosciutto. So why not beef tongue with marmalade? A thick, spreadable jam would also allow me to have this as a sandwich for lunch, compared to a soupy sauce to pour over the tongue. To make it, I cooked down 3 large, thinly sliced lemons in 2 cups water with 2/3 C sugar, and 1/2 tsp allspice. I added one heaping cup of golden raisins that had soaked in 1/4 of sweet Riesling the night before and cooked this down for about 2 hours over low heat.
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I thought the tongue would be well-suited by a slight char on the grill, to play up the beefy flavors and get a bit smokey. This got a small, helping push with a dash of smoked salt. About 1-2 min per side has the classic-looking grill marks I was hoping for! All I needed now was a mason jar for my now thickened marmalade and some hoagie buns. A few thick cuts of warm beef, a smear of golden raisin marmalade for sweet/sour saucing, and I was stocked in sandwiches to last a week! And if anyone tried one, they'd never think they were eating offal.
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