Fresh Veal Sweetbreads With Porcini Sauce Carrot Salad Recipes

CHILLED CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• Boil the carrots in salted water until firm-tender (about 3 minutes, do not over-cook, leave firm but a wee bit tender) drain and cool well.
• Transfer carrots to a bowl.
• Add in the onions and peppers; toss to combine.
• In a bowl, combine soup, sugar, vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and mustard powder (adjust all seasonings to suit taste).
• Pour over the carrots; toss to combine.
• Cover and chill for 24 hours.
• Delicious.

PERSIAN STYLE CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together.
• Don't add salt, it would soak water!
• Refrigerate at least one hour.
• Serve and enjoy.

VEAL SWEETBREAD (PANCREAS)

Steps:

• Soak sweetbreads in iced cold water for about 12 hours, changing the water regularly, until the water stays clear.
• Place your sweetbread in a pot covered with cold water, optional to add lemon juice or vinegar.
• Bring to the boil and let them simmer for a few minutes.
• Then, quickly cool them down in iced cold water.
• Trim them down and peel the membrane off of the sweetbreads.
• In a saucepan, saute sliced mushrooms in butter. Add cream, red wine, and pepper.
• Add the sweetbreads.
• Simmer until the sauce is reduced about half, for approximately 20 minutes.

SAUTEED SWEETBREADS (LAMB OR VEAL)

Steps:

• Put Salt& vinegar in a saucepan with enough water to cover the sweet breads, bring to a boil.
• Add sweetbreads, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Immediately drain and cover with cold water.
• Drain and cover with cold water.
• Remove all the membranes and tubes.
• Slice in half crosswise (you'll have 8 halves).
• Dredge in flower& garlic.
• Heat butter& oil in a skillet.
• Saute the sweetbreads until browned3-5 minutes.
• Sprinkle with the bacon.

SWEETBREADS AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• To blanch sweetbreads, first wash in cold water, then place in a bowl and soak for about 2 hours in several changes of cold water . Pull off as much membrane and filament as you can without tearing the flesh. Soak for another 2 hours, this time adding 1 tablespoon of vinegar per quart of cold water. Pull off the filament and remove connecting tubes between lobes, if present. Place sweetbreads in a saucepan and cover by about two inches with boiling water. Add the salt and lemon juice (1 tsp salt and 1 tablespoon lemon juice per quart of water). Bring to a bare simmer and cook for 15 minutes. Drain and plunge into cold water for 5 minutes. Drain.
• When ready to cook, cut the blanched sweetbreads into bite-size cubes and brown them in the butter in a roomy skillet (You may need to brown them in two batches so as not to crowd them). Remove the sweetbreads to a plate. In the same skillet quickly brown the mushrooms over a brisk flame, adding more butter if needed. Add the lemon juice to the skillet and cook, covered, for 3 minutes.
• Return the sweetbreads to the skillet and add the chicken stock, tomato paste, sherry (I actually prefer dry marsala -- port or madeira would probably be OK, too), and bay leaf. Simmer, uncovered, over medium heat for 15 minutes. Add pepper. Dissolve the arrowroot in the white wine and add to skillet to thicken.
• The sweetbreads may be prepared ahead of time and refrigerated. Return to room temperature before reheating.

SWEETBREADS (PAN SEARED)

Steps:

• Place the salt and vinegar into a saucepot, with enough water to cover the sweetbreads, and bring to a boil.
• Add the sweetbreads, cover the pot, and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Drain and cover with cold water.
• Remove all membranes and tubes.
• Slice each sweetbread in half crosswise.
• Mix the flour and garlic powder together and dredge the sweetbreads in the flour mixture.
• Heat butter and oil in a skillet until very hot.
• Place the sweetbreads and shallots into the hot skillet and once you place them in, DO NOT move them around.
• When they are a light golden color on the bottom side, (about 3 to 5 minutes), with tongs, carefully turn them over to sear the other side until that side becomes a light golden color.
• Remove the sweetbreads and plate them as you desire. Garnish them with the Italian parsley leaves and serve as a wonderful appetizer.