Cold Tongue Jelly

Cold Tongue Jelly

Requires a pickled tongue, 1 oz of pepper corns and a blend of mace. Put a median size tongue which has been in pickle for 3 days into a stew pan with 2 quarts of water , the pepper corns, mace, allspices and three cloves. Simmer for 3 hours removing the scum. Cut the tongue into thin slices and arrange in a plain mould tin. Let the liquor cool remove the fat and if these be more one third the original quantity liquor. Boil it fast with the cover off to reduce it. Flavour to taste with sauce pepper, salt and chopped parsley and if necessary colour to a good brown. Let this cool and them pour it slowly over the tongue. Let a plate over the mould and on it a weight when cold turn out and garnish.