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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

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

“It’s a free-for-all, and you get the fish mixed in with the sweetbread mixed in with octopus,” Mr. Colicchio said.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2015

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

From New York Times Oct. 19, 2011

Carts hold late-night treats: petit-waffles, sugary syrups, fried sweetbread and chicken, and luna pastries.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

The pièce de résistance is sweetbreads staged with buttery roasted cauliflower florets, punched up with anchovies, and showered with earthy black truffles.

From Washington Post Jan. 24, 2023

The sweetbreads had the pleasantly woody taste of porcinis and any bitterness in the meat melded into the flavors of cumin and green bell pepper.

From Seattle Times Oct. 6, 2021

The food was fine, of course; it wasn’t like they served sweetbreads or anything.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway




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