Sweetbreads With Lemon (Animalla Di Vitello Fritta Al Limon


Course : Italian
Serves: 6
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Ingredients:


2 pounds sweetbreads -- soaked, trimmed, blanched

-----a marinade-----

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup lemon juice

1 tablespoon chopped thyme -- (or 1, teaspoon dried)

1 piece bay leaf -- crumbled

10 piece basil leaves

1 clove garlic -- crushed in garlic-press

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

2 tablespoons flour

6 tablespoons butter

2 medium lemons -- quartered
 

Preparation / Directions:


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


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