Veal, Beans and Tomatoes

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"This is a quick lunch - corned veal tongue, marrow beans, grape tomatoes, arugula, fresh wasabi.

First and foremost: the idea is inspired by Lamb's Tongue with Fava served at Mario Batali's Casa Mono, pictured by ulterior epicure.

Veal tongue is home-made, cured with pickling spices, Sichuan peppercorns, cardamom, "Grains of Paradise" and Matcha green tea. Marrow beans boiled with spices, and finished with veal stock. Both veal and beans are served warm, with Farmer's Market Heirloom grape tomatoes "as is" and arugula tossed with a touch of lemon juice, fresh grated wasabi and ground black pepper.

Veal tongue is home-made, cured with pickling spices, Sechuan peppercorns, cardamom, "Grains of Paradise" and Matcha green tea. Marrow beans boiled with spices, and finished with veal stock. Both veal and beans are served warm, with Farmer's Market Heirloom grape tomatoes "as is" and arugula tossed with a touch of lemon juice, fresh grated wasabi and ground black pepper.

Corned veal tongue combines the best of all veal qulaities: it's tender, gelatinous, but got a nice "meaty" quality to it, and accentuates the complexity of the spices with which it was cured.

This is a great dish!!! Deceptively simple, yet complex - corned veal takes a week to make, veal stock takes hours, fresh wasabi is next to non-existent in my corners. It was a great meal!