Braised Sweetbreads

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
America's Best Chefs Cook with Jeremiah Tower

By Jeremiah Tower

Published 2003

  • About

Any sweetbread preparation must begin with soaking and braising, and the sweetbreads taste even more wonderful if they are cooked a day before serving.

Ingredients

  • 4 large whole fresh sweetbreads
  • 2 lemons, cut in half
  • 2 cups finely diced Aroma

Method

Soak the sweetbreads in salty, cold water for 2 hours, changing the water whenever it becomes bloody. Drain the sweetbreads and put them in a pot. Add cold water to cover by 2 inches, squeeze the lemon juice into the water, and then add the lemons. Bring to a boil, remove from the heat, and let stand f