Cat tongue

A cat tongue or cat's tongue cookie is a small biscuit or chocolate bar available in a number of European, Asian, and South American countries. They are known locally as "kočičí jazýčky" (Czech), Kattentong (Dutch),[1] "kocie języczki" (Polish), "langue de chat" (French), "Katzenzungen" (German), "lingua di gatto" (Italian), "língua de gato" (Portuguese), "macskanyelv" (Hungarian), "lengua" or "lengua de gato" (Spanish), "limbă de pisică" (Romanian) or "lidah kucing" (Indonesian). They are shaped somewhatlike a cat's tongue (long and flat).[2][3][4] They are sweet and crunchy.[2]

Cat tongue

Cat tongues: biscuits (top), milk chocolate bars (bottom).
Alternative names	Ladyfinger
Type	Biscuit or chocolate bar
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	Austria
Cookbook: Cat tongue   Media: Cat tongue

Cat tongues made of chocolate

Cat's tongue cookies

They are produced from egg white, wheat flour, sugar, butter (sometimes) and vanilla [5] or milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate.[6] They are baked in the oven until cooked.[1] Additional ingredients may include chocolate, citrus, and spices.[2] They are typically prepared with a ganache, cream or jam filling, and sandwiched together.[2][7] They are sometimes dipped in chocolate as part of their preparation.[7] In France, the cookie is often served with sorbet or ice cream.[7]

A cat's tongue mold pan may be used in their preparation, in which cookie dough is placed and then baked.[2] In French, this pan is known as langue-de-chat.[2] This pan is also used in the preparation of ladyfingers and éclairs.[2] The mold is also referred to as a cat's tongue plaque.[8]

In Japan, a "langue de chat" is a square sandwich cookie, made of a layer of white chocolate between two square cookies. Shiroi Koibito is one famous manufacturer, but langues de chat can be found throughout Japan, including 白い針葉樹 in Nagano and まごころづつみ in Hiroshima.

In the Canary Islands, cat's tongue cookies are served with bienmesabe, a dessert dish.[9]