Delectable Creamed Sweetbreads Recipe

Summary

Difficulty LevelEasyHealth IndexAverage
CuisineMethod

Ingredients

 Sweetbreads1 1/2 Pound
 Juice of 1/2 lemon
 Butter/Margarine2 Tablespoon
 Salt To Taste
  black pepper1
 2 tablespoons semi-sweet sherry
 1 cup Bechamel Sauce
 4 oz button mushrooms, sliced and sauted in butter and lemon juice

Directions

Soak sweetbreads in cold water for 1 hour.
Drain, place in a saucepan with cold water to cover, add lemon juice.
Bring to simmering point and simmer gently for 15 minutes to blanch the sweetbreads—do not boil.
When blanched plunge sweetbreads into cold water to cool, then lift out and pull off skin and any fat or tubes.
Cut sweetbreads diagonally in 1/2-inch slices and saute in butter until lightly browned on all sides.
Season with salt and pepper and add sherry.
Cover and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
Stir in Bechamel Sauce and sauted mushrooms and cook until heated through.
Serve hot with toast triangles.
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