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Tongue with butter-roasted onions and creamy green pepper sauce

By TASTE
6
Easy
15 minutes
30 minutes

Ingredients

    Woolworths Ready to Eat corned beef tongue

    For the roast onions:

  • 500 g Woolworths peeled baby onions
  • 1 T extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 T butter
  • sea salt, to taste
  • For the creamy green peppercorn sauce:

  • 2 cups whipping cream
  • 1 t Dijon mustard
  • 1 T green peppercorns , crushed
  • sea salt, to taste

Method

1. To make the roast onions, preheat the oven to 200°C. Place the onions, olive oil, butter and salt in a baking pan and roast at until nicely caramelised.

2. Meanwhile, heat the tongue according to package instructions.

3. To make the green peppercorn sauce, heat the cream in a saucepan over a medium heat, allow to simmer gently and reduce by about two-thirds or until thick. Stir through the Dijon mustard and peppercorns, then season to taste with salt.

4. Slice the tongue ands serve with the butter-roasted onions and the green peppercorn sauce.

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Photographer: Jan Ras

Production: Abigail Donnelly

Food Asssistant: Bianca Jones