Sweetbreads with Mushrooms

Ingredients

• half a dozen sweetbreads
• in cold water for twelve hours
• five minutes
• a pint of stock
• two small onions
• one carrot chopped
• a teaspoonful of minced parsley
• salt
• pepper
• cayenne
• a little mace
• a small bottle of mushrooms
• one dozen fresh mushrooms sliced
• two ounces of butter
• one ounce of flour
• a pint of well seasoned stock

Method

1. 1

   Lay half a dozen sweetbreads in cold water for twelve hours, changing the water several times.

2. 2

   Then boil them five minutes, drop into cold water, remove the skin and lard with fat bacon.

3. 3

   Put them in a saucepan with a pint of stock, two small onions and one carrot chopped, a teaspoonful of minced parsley, salt, pepper, cayenne, and a little mace.

4. 4

   Stew until tender.

5. 5

   Serve with a mushroom sauce made by boiling a small bottle of mushrooms or one dozen fresh mushrooms sliced for five minutes in water and lime juice.

6. 6

   Drain and place in a stew pan with two ounces of butter, one ounce of flour, and a pint of well seasoned stock or gravy.

7. 7

   Cook until the sauce is reduced one-half.

8. 8

   Pour over the hot sweetbreads.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Joe Tilden's recipes for epicures (1907) by Joe Tilden, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sweetbreads with Mushrooms Lay half a dozen sweetbreads in cold water for twelve hours, changing the water several times. Then boil them five minutes, drop into cold water, remove the skin and lard with fat bacon. Put them in a saucepan with a pint of stock, two small onions and one carrot chopped, a teaspoonful of minced parsley, salt, pepper, cayenne, and a little mace. Stew until tender. Serve with a mushroom sauce, made as follows : Take a small bottle of mushrooms or one dozen fresh mushrooms sliced and boil them five min- utes in water and lime juice. Drain and place in a stew pan with two ounces of butter, one ounce of flour and a pint of well seasoned stock

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