{"id":5461,"slug":"sweetbreads-poulette","title":"Sweetbreads, poulette","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["two pounds of sweetbreads","cold water (for soaking)","two quarts of water","a spoonful of salt","two ounces of butter","a spoonful of flour","one pint of thick cream","salt","Cayenne pepper","a can of sliced French mushrooms","a little chopped chives","the yolks of two eggs","a little cream (to mix with yolks)"],"ingredients_norm":["sweetbread","cold water","water","salt","butter","flour","thick cream","cayenne pepper","french mushroom","little chopped chive","egg yolk","little cream"],"steps":["Soak two pounds of sweetbreads in cold water for two hours, to cause the blood to run out.","Then put on the fire in two quarts of water, add a spoonful of salt, bring to a boil, and then cool off in cold water.","Remove the skins, and cut the sweetbreads in slices one-half inch thick.","Put two ounces of butter in a sauce pan, add the sweetbreads, and simmer for two minutes.","Then add a spoonful of flour, and heat through.","Then add one pint of thick cream, and boil for ten minutes.","Season with salt and Cayenne pepper, add a can of sliced French mushrooms and a little chopped chives, boil for two minutes, and thicken with the yolks of two eggs mixed with a little cream.","Serve in a chafing dish."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w78:3","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"6277aacb712566dd78302604363a04e81cb187681a2cf4fd44287351cadbbef0","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:44:05Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/sweetbreads-poulette"}