Last week was such a blur and stressful week for me. I might need some anti wrinkle eye cream from all the stress I got from last week's actitivies, mostly about my internship. And because of that, I did not realize that I missed out on posting the Recipe for the Week. To compensate for that missed post, here's a double whammy Lengua recipe my mom sent me. Don't we all love Lengua? Just make sure to boil them using a pressure cooker so you would not have to wait long.

PASTEL DE LENGUA
(6 to 8 persons without the crust. 15 persons with the crust.)

· Pressure cook 1 ox tongue in a 3 cups water with 2 sliced onions, 1 bay leaf, 1 tbsp fine salt, 11/2 tsps white pepper for 45 minute for 1 ¼ kilos 55 minutes for 1 ½ kilos.

· If a pressure cooker is not available, boil tongue in 6 to 8 cups water until tender, 2 hours depending on the tongue. Check with fork after two hours.

· Peel out white outer covering from tongue and slice diagonally ½ inch thick. Set aside.

· In a pan, add ½ cup fresh butter. Add 2 sliced onions and cook over low fire until transparent. Add tongue and continue cooking 5 minute with 1 small can whole or sliced button mushrooms. Add ½ cup all purpose flour. Mix fast but don’t mash tongue. Pour 2 cups broth, stirring all the time to prevent sauce from getting lumpy. Add 11/2 cups milk, ¾ cup Kraft grated cheese. Add 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp pepper. Set aside

· Make crust:…….2 cups all purpose flour. Cut in 2/3 cup margarine until pea size or 1/3 anchor butter and 1/3 cup snow white shortening. Toss in 8 tbsps water or ½ cup until mixture stick together. Form into a ball and roll out to fit your 2 quarts Pyrex dish. Brush with 1 beaten egg mixture mixed with 2 tbsps evap. Milk. Bake in 350F oven for 25 minutes. Brush again with egg mixture and bake another 15 minute or until brown..

· For 3 quarts Pyrex use 3 cups all purpose flour, ½ cup margarine or butter and1/2 cup shortening, ¾ cup water.

If you wish to make lengua with tomato sauce sauté in ¼ cup oil, 1 head pounded garlic, 2 sliced onions, 4 chorizo de belbao, sliced diagonally the tongue, 1 can tomato paste(3/4 cup), the mushrooms 21/2 tbsps sugar, salt and pepper, broth. Simmer over low 15 minutes then thicken sauce with ½ cup or more flour dispersed in water. Lastly, add 15 to 20 green olives. .