Sweetbreads a-la-daub

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
Source
The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
Time
Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (12)
sweetbreads
larding
stewing liquid
thickening
garnish
Instructions (6)
  1. Take three of the largest and finest sweetbreads you can get, and put them for five minutes into a saucepan of boiling water.
  2. Then take them out, and when they are cold, lard them with small pieces of bacon, a row down the middle; then a row on each side, with lemon-peel cut the size of a straw; then a row on each side of pickled cucumbers, cut very fine.
  3. Put them into a stewpan with some good veal gravy, a little lemon-juice, and a spoonful of browning.
  4. Stew them gently a quarter of an hour, and a little before they are ready thicken with flour and butter.
  5. Dish them up, and pour the gravy over them.
  6. Lay round them bunches of boiled celery, or oyster patties; and garnish with barberries of parsley.
Original Text
Sweetbreads a-la-daub. TAKE three of the largest and finest sweetbreads you can get, and put them for five minutes into a saucepan of boiling water. Then take them out, and when they are cold, lard them with small pieces of bacon, a row down the middle; then a row on each side, with lemon- peel cut the size of a straw; then a row on each side of pickled cucumbers, cut very fine. Put them into a stewpan with some good veal gravy, a little lemon-juice, and a spoonful of browning. Stew them gently a quarter of an hour, and a little before they are ready thicken with flour and butter. Dish them up, and pour the gravy over them. Lay round them bunches of boiled celery, or oyster patties; and garnish with barber- ries of parsley.
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