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Veal sweetbread à la Richelieu (ris de veau à la Richelieu)

Erken 1914: a cold dish of soaked, blanched, and cooled veal sweetbread cut into slices, layered with horseradish butter and salted tongue, arranged on vegetable salad with mayonnaise (or with a mayonnaise-filled tomato half) on a toasted round of white bread.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 220 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A cold French-style starter from the meat chapter of "Stor kokebok" (1914). The dish is named after Cardinal Richelieu and shows the era's fondness for French names in Norwegian party food.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Soaking

    Place the sweetbread in cold water for 2 hours, changing the water a few times.

  2. 2

    Blanching

    Rub the sweetbread with a slice of lemon and dip it for a moment in boiling bouillon. Then place it in cold stock and lift it out just as the stock begins to boil. Clean off membranes.

  3. 3

    Cooling and slicing

    Let the sweetbread become completely cold, preferably lightly pressed. Cut it into neat slices.

  4. 4

    Layer together

    Spread horseradish butter on each sweetbread slice and cover with a slice of tongue of the same size.

  5. 5

    Arranging

    Arrange the vegetable salad with mayonnaise (Italian salad) on the platter and place the sweetbread slices on top. Alternatively, fill a tomato half with mayonnaise and place it on each sweetbread slice.

  6. 6

    Bread base

    Place each slice on a round slice of white bread lightly toasted in melted butter. Serve cold.

Changes from the original

Amounts for vegetable salad, mayonnaise, tomato, and white bread are estimated, as the original does not give them. Units are modernized, and "blanching" is explained. Horseradish butter is referred to as a separate base recipe.

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To19141949Modernised
Modernised → 1949 (proofread, p. 250)~85% of the text changedremovedadded
2 stk kalvebrissel (ca. 600 g). 100 g brisler pepperrotsmør (se eget grunnrecept). 100 g saltet gr. salt tunge (i tynne skiver). 300 g grønnsakssalat (italiensk salat). 2 dl grønnsakesalat majones. 1 stk sitron (til å gni brisselen med). 5 dl buljong (kokende, til blanchering). 2 stk tomater (halveres, hvis de fylles med majones). 4 skiver loff (runde skiver, ristet i smør). 25 g smør (til risting av brødet). Legg brisselen Brisselen utbløtes i kaldt koldt vann i 2 timer, skift vann noen ganger.. timer og blancheres så. Gni brisselen den først over med en sitronskive og dypp den derefter et øyeblikk øieblikk i kokende buljong. Legg den Hases så i kald kraft, kold kraft og ta den opp tas op, idet kraften begynner skal til å koke. Rens av hinner.. La brisselen bli helt kald, gjerne lett presset. Skjær den Når de er aldeles kolde, skjæres de i pene skiver.. Legg pepperrotsmør på hver brisselskive skiver, som belegges med pepperrotsmør, og dekk dette dekkes med en tungeskive finskårne tungeskiver av samme størrelse.. Legg grønnsakssalaten med majones (italiensk salat) på fatet og anrett brisselskivene ovenpå. Alternativt fylles en halv tomat med majones og legges på hver brisselskive.. Legg hver skive på en rund skive loff størrelse som er lett ristet i smeltet smør. Serveres kald. brisselskivene.

Note on Modernised

Mengder for grønnsakssalat, majones, tomat og franskbrød er anslått, da originalen ikke oppgir dem. Enheter er modernisert, og «blancheres» er forklart. Pepperrotsmør henvises til som eget grunnrecept.

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Frequently asked questions

Why must the sweetbread be soaked, and for how long?
The sweetbread is soaked in cold water for 2 hours to draw out blood and give it a light, clean color. Then it is blanched.
How is the sweetbread blanched in this recipe?
First rub it with a slice of lemon, dip it for a moment in boiling bouillon, then place it in cold stock and lift it out just as the stock begins to boil.
What does the arrangement itself consist of?
Cold sweetbread is sliced, layered with horseradish butter, and covered with thin slices of salted tongue (100 g). Served on vegetable mayonnaise (Italian salad), or with a mayonnaise-filled tomato half on each slice, placed on a round slice of white bread lightly toasted in melted butter.
Where does the recipe come from?
From Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914), page 220. It is intended for 4 servings and takes around 4 hours with soaking and cooling.

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