ANOTHER WAY TO DRESS SWEETBREADS (an Entree)
Origin: London, England
Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861
Ingredients
- Sweetbreads
- egg and bread crumbs
- 1/2 pint gravy, No. 442
- 1/2 glass sherry
Instructions
- Soak the sweetbreads in water for an hour, and throw them into boiling water to render them firm.
- Let them stew gently for about 1/4 hour, take them out and put them into a cloth to drain all the water from them.
- Brush them over with egg, sprinkle them with bread crumbs, and either brown them in the oven or before the fire.
- Have ready the above quantity of gravy, to which add 1/2 glass of sherry;
- dish the sweetbreads, pour the gravy under them, and garnish with water-cresses.