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Glazed ox tongue with spinach

Cold boiled ox tongue is glazed with red-coloured isinglass aspic, set on a base of rice porridge and garnished with creamed spinach and hard-boiled eggs. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 485.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 485 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A festive cold dish for entertaining, with a tall rice base as a plinth for the glazed tongue.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Prepare the tongue

    Skin the boiled tongue and wrap it in greased paper so it does not darken in the air. Let it go completely cold.

  2. 2

    Make aspic and glaze

    Dissolve the isinglass in the water and add carmine and burnt sugar until you get a nice red colour. Strain. Drip aspic over the cold tongue again and again.

  3. 3

    Make the rice base

    Boil 125 g rice in 1 l water with 2 tsp salt to a thick porridge. Pour into an oblong tin and turn out when cold.

  4. 4

    Arrange

    Cover the rice base with spinach or lettuce leaves and place the tongue on top. Put creamed spinach around it and cut-up hard-boiled eggs on the spinach. The tongue may be served with fried calf sweetbread.

Changes from the original

The amount of isinglass (250 g) is as in the text and is kept, but seems high. Carmine is kept as in the original. No time is given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is isinglass?
An old word for fish gelatine; here used to make the aspic.
What is the tongue placed on?
On a base made of rice porridge moulded in an oblong tin.
What is it served with?
The text mentions that the tongue may be served with fried calf sweetbread.

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