Gratin of Calves’ Brains with Sorrel

Gratin de Cervelles de Veau à l’Oseille

Preparation info
  • Servings:

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Richard Olney

Published 1974

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Ingredients

  • 10 ounces young sorrel, picked over, well washed, parboiled for a few seconds, drained without pressure
  • About ¼ cup butter (in all

Method

Stew the parboiled sorrel in about 2 tablespoons butter over a low flame for some 20 minutes, stirring from time to time. Add half the cream, reduce over a higher flame, stirring, until lightly thickened, stir in the remaining cream and season to taste.

Arrange the brains, sliced, in a butte