To Broil Sweet-breads
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Soak sweetbreads in salt and water for 1 hour.
Drain the sweetbreads.
Parboil the sweetbreads.
Broil
Rub the sweetbreads well with butter.
Broil the sweetbreads, turning often.
Each time you turn them, roll in hot melted butter to keep them moist.
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
- Sweetbreads
- The main ingredient; tender offal that browns and crisps under the broiler.
- Butter
- Adds fat for richness and moisture, and helps the surface brown evenly under heat.
The step that matters
Turning and basting while broiling. Turning often and rolling the sweetbreads in hot melted butter keeps the surface from drying out or scorching while the outside browns. The butter conducts heat and promotes even browning, so the interior stays moist.
“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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