Ris de Veau aux Cèpes

Sweetbreads with Cèpes

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

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By Anne Willan

Published 2007

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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