Veal Sweetbreads in Puff Pastry

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Fine Family Cooking

By Tony Bilson

Published 1994

  • About

This dish has a delicate, creamy sauce in the classic French manner and makes a deliciously rich first course.

Ingredients

Sweetbreads

Method

To cook the sweetbreads and pastry

Divide the sweetbreads into 12 or 18 pieces and season with salt and pepper. Melt the clarified butter in a heavy frying pan or skillet and gently sauté the sweetbreads until just golden brown. Add the shallots and cook gently without further browning. Add the Champagne and increase the heat to a moderately slow level, red