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Recipe : ** Braised Sweetbreads

Braised Sweetbreads
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Course:
Main Dish

Practical information

  • Prep time
    20 min
  • Cooking
    1 h
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Pause
    1 h 05
  • Ready in
    2 h 25
  • Price
    High budget
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Categories

Difficulty:
easy recipe
Category:
Meat recipes
Tags:
sweetbreads

Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 2 pairs sweetbreads
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 med carrot
  • 2 tablespoons chopped onions
  • 1 slc bacon
  • 2 sprg parsley
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoons freshly ground pepper
  • 1 sm bay leaf
  • 130 ml consomme
  • 130 ml water

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Soak sweetbreads in cold water for 1 hour.
  • 2
    Drain.
  • 3
    Place sweetbreads in heavy saucepan.
  • 4
    Cover with fresh water.
  • 5
    Bring slowly to boil, and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
  • 6
    Remove sweetbreads to bowl of ice water and let stand in bowl for 5 minutes.
  • 7
    Drain and dry on cloth.
  • 8
    Remove the part which is not edible, but do not remove the thin skin on sweetbreads.
  • 9
    Place sweetbreads in shallow dish and cover with a plate pressing directly on them in order to break the fibers, thus preventing them from contracting when cooking.
  • 10
    In an ovenproof dish, melt butter.
  • 11
    Add carrots, onions, bacon, parsley, salt, pepper, and bay leaf.
  • 12
    Bake at 233°C for 10 minutes.
  • 13
    Add sweetbreads, consomme, and water and continue baking, basting occasionally, for 45 minutes more, or until meat is well browned on top.
  • 14
    Remove meat to heated serving dish.
  • 15
    Pour sauce over meat.
  • 16
    Serve with peas.
  • Ready !