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sweetbread

[sweet-bred] / ˈswitˌbrɛd /


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These days, I poach the sweetbread in milk flavoured with beeswax and honey, then enclose it in a beeswax shell and leave it to mature.

From The Guardian Mar. 5, 2020

Expect eggplant katsudon with charred cabbage chow chow, sweetbread teriyaki, duck leg ramen, and an okonomiyaki pancake with shaved Benton’s ham, mayonnaise and smoked tobiko roe.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2018

The food, by a former Spur Gastropub chef, goes beyond pretzels and burgers, showcasing lamb sweetbread and smoked mussels to pair with the artisanal brews.

From Seattle Times Oct. 19, 2016

The next evening: sweetbread tacos with maitake mushrooms at Empellón in the West Village.

From New York Times Oct. 19, 2011

Sally was going to get permission to stay with us a little and one Thursday she came finally with a sack full of clothes and a paper bag of sweetbread her mama sent.

From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros

Angel Cabrera in 2010 introduced an Argentine asado, well-salted cuts of meat including short ribs, blood sausage and sweetbreads cooked over an open flame.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2025

The caramelized sweetbreads are probably one of the best that guests will ever taste in their lives.

From Salon Oct. 23, 2024

Ellington Park Bistro and Le Clou, from chefs Frank Morales and Nicholas Stefanelli, invite you to open wide for snails stuffed in gougeres and sweetbreads showered with truffles, respectively.

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2023

And sweetbreads may well be terrific with lobster, but not when they’re overcooked.

From New York Times Nov. 8, 2021

The serving men brought out a heron stuffed with figs, veal cutlets blanched with almond milk, creamed herring, candied onions, foul-smelling cheeses, plates of snails and sweetbreads, and a black swan in her plumage.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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