Sweetbread-and-Cucumber Salad
A refreshing salad featuring sweetbreads, cucumber, and a simple dressing.
Ingredients
- 1 head Head of Cabbage Lettuce (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 1 pair Sweetbreads (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 1 teaspoon Salt (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 2 cups Acidulated water (water with a splash of vinegar or lemon juice) (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 1 medium Cucumber (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 1 cup Ice water (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 2 tablespoons French dressing (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 3/4 cup Firm jelly mayonnaise (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
Instructions
- 1Cook the sweetbreads in salted, acidulated water for 20 minutes. Let cool, then cut into small cubes and marinate in French dressing.
- 2Cut the cucumber into dice and chill in ice water. Dry the cucumber on a clean cloth.
- 3Arrange the leaves of the head of cabbage lettuce loosely on a serving dish, without destroying its shape. Drain the French dressing from the sweetbreads. Scatter the bits of sweetbread and cucumber through the lettuce. Press the firm jelly mayonnaise through a pastry bag with a small tube, in little stars, here and there, throughout the lettuce, and serve at once.