Salad Of Sweetbreads

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 sweetbreads, 1 pair
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh is best)
• salt
• 1 head lettuce (butterhead or other tender leaf lettuce preferred)
• 1 cup mayonnaise (hellmann's preferred)
• green onions (optional) or scallion, very thinly sliced (optional)

Recipe

• 1 soak sweetbreads in acidulated water (water and a little vinegar or lemon juice) for an hour and remove membranes and veins;.
• 2 bring a pot of water to the boil; add salt and lemon juice.
• 3 place sweetbreads in boiling water; reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
• 4 drain sweetbreads and plunge into icy water to stop cooking process.
• 5 when cold, cut into 1/4" dice.
• 6 place lettuce leaves in a chilled salad bowl.
• 7 mix the diced sweetbreads with part of the mayonnaise; pile into center of lettuce leaves and frost with remaining mayonnaise.
• 8 garnish with thinly sliced onion, if desired.