Name: Veal Kidneys in Bacon and Cabbage Broth with Thyme Dumplings
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 garlic bulb, cut in half; 2–3 bay leaves; a few sprigs of fresh thyme; 2 medium eggs, beaten; 100 g self-raising flour; 100 g fresh breadcrumbs; salt and pepper; fresh horseradish or mustard, to serve; 50 g unsalted butter; 30 g butter; 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed; 1 Savoy cabbage, shredded; 1 shallot, peeled and finely diced; 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme leaves; 100 g shredded suet; 1.25 litres chicken stock or light veal stock; 350 g potatoes, peeled, diced and washed of starch; 2 large veal kidneys, rinsed and sliced through crossways (white fat and muscle tissue removed) into 1 cm thickness; 2 white onions, peeled and diced; 150 g good-quality farmhouse-style bacon, diced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooks Country

By Matt Tebbutt

Published 2008

About

Thoroughly tasty and warming – this is healthy comfort food. Veal kidneys can be quite expensive for offal, but they are worth the money. If your budget doesn’t stretch to veal, then lamb’s kidneys can be used in the same way.

Ingredients

2 large veal kidneys, rinsed and sliced through crossways (white fat and muscle tissue removed) into 1 cm thickness
salt and pepper
fresh horseradish or mustard, to serve

Method

To make the broth, firstly sweat the onion gently in the butter in a saucepan until soft but not coloured. Add the diced bacon and continue to cook. Throw in the garlic, thyme and bay leaves, then stir in the diced potatoes. Cook for 5 minutes or so, then add 1 litre of the stock and bring to the b

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