Ingredients:
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 pounds sweetbreads -- soaked, trimmed,
-- blanched, a
-----a marinade-----
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped thyme -- (or 1, teaspoon
-- dried)
1 bay leaf -- crumbled
10 basil leaves
1 clove garlic -- crushed in
garlic-press
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
flour
6 tablespoons butter
2 lemons -- quartered |
Preparation:
Place the sliced sweetbreads in the marinade for 2 hours. Drain thoroughly, and dust with flour. Heat the butter in a very large frying pan over fairly high heat and brown the sweetbreads for about 3 minutes on each side. Transfer them to a hot serving platter, pour the butter in the pan over them and garnish with the lemon quarters.
Serves 6.
From "Great Italian Cooking-La Grande Cucina Internazionale" by Luigi Carnacina, edited by Michael Sonino, Agradale Press, New York |