Sweetbreads à la Crème
Author and Educator
Since sweetbreads are among the most delicate of foods, they require subtle treatment. Many old recipes called for piquing or larding them, a process which in the days of haute cuisine made an enchanting-looking dish but is quite unnecessary today. Probably the oldest way of doing sweetbreads was creaming them. This version is a typical one from around the turn of the century, when cream sauces were much used in our cookery.
Yield
12 hors d'oeuvre
Ingredients
- 1 pair sweetbreads
- 1/2 pound mushrooms, finely chopped
- 5 tablespoons butter
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 1/2 cups rich cream sauce
- Patty shells or toast cases
Method
Blanch and trim the sweetbreads and cut into small dice. Sauté the mushrooms and sweetbreads in butter for 4 to 5 minutes and combine with the rich cream sauce. Heat through and correct the seasoning. Spoon into hot patty shells or bread cases and garnish with tiny sprig of parsley.
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