Meat
Tongue
Tongue of Wild Boar becomes silky after long simmer and peeling. Slice for sandwiches and cold platters. Cook wild boar tongue to temperature when thickness varies, rest before carving, and add fat or sauce if lean. Stews, roasts, sausage, and ragù show the cut’s strengths. Match heat to collagen—fast sear for tender muscle, long moist heat for hard-working joints.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 18.4 g
- Saturated Fat 5.1 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.8 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
- Cholesterol 91.7 mg
- Sodium 57.6 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 20.8 g
- Water 57.7 g
- Energy 247 kcal
- Water 57.7 g
- Protein 20.8 g
- Fat 18.4 g
- Saturated Fat 5.1 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.8 g
- Omega-3 0.1 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Vitamins 39.6 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.23 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 6.24 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.67 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.45 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.8 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 8.8 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 0.2 µg
- Vitamin E 0.32 mg
- Vitamin K 1.6 µg
- Minerals 303 mg
- Major Minerals 302 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Cholesterol 91.7 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.09 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.23 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 6.24 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.67 · vitamin-b6: 0.45 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.8 · vitamin-b9-folate: 8.8 · vitamin-d: 0.2 · vitamin-e: 0.32 · vitamin-k: 1.6 ·
Minerals
Tongue is a fatty muscle with rich collagen when slow-cooked.
History
Butchers charted tongue of wild boar as cookery specialised by muscle and joint.
Retail packing standardised tongue portions of wild boar for home kitchens.
Ready-to-cook tongue packs of wild boar expanded for convenience cooking.