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Composition of Calf's Sweetbread

A boiled calf sweetbread seasoned with coarse sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Composition of Calf's Sweetbread

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

  1. Bring a pot of water to a boil.

  2. Add the sweetbread and cook until tender, about 15-20 minutes.

  3. Remove from water and season lightly with coarse sea salt.

  4. Serve warm.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Sweetbread
Forms the whole dish; gentle boiling turns its texture tender and mild.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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