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4 to 6
Medium
By Anne Willan
Published 2007
Here is a perfect marriage. Sweetbreads are the most prized variety meat, and cèpes are often considered the finest fungus (truffles excepted). The sauce is a time-honored velouté made from the cooking liquid enriched with crème fraîche and sharpened with a squeeze of fresh lemon. Wherever cèpes grow, you will find this combination, but it is a particular specialty of Bordeaux, so I suggest using Sémillon to add depth to the sauce. A green vegetable such as fresh peas, fine green beans (har