Sweetbreads

Almost everyone these days cooks sweetbreads for a finished dish from the raw state, a practice that shortchanges their potential flavor and texture and gives them a bad reputation. If you braise them first on a flavorful bed of aromatic vegetable mix and fresh herbs, the sweetbreads take on a more complex flavor as well as a smooth and unctuous texture.

Any sweetbread preparation must begin with soaking and then braising, and sweetbreads tast