Pumpkin Sweetbreads South African Bredie Stew

South African Sweetbread Food Recipe

Pumpkin Sweetbread Bredie Stew Recipe

Explore and Understand Africa Through Her Food and Culture

9-23-2012

By Chic African Culture
African food recipe

What are Sweetbreads? Despite the alluring name, Sweetbreads are not sweet and contain no pieces of bread. Sweetbreads are offal meats or organ meats, the thymus and pancreas from veal and lamb, beef and pork.

Pumpkin Sweetbreads Bredie Stew Recipe

Serves 4
African food
Total time from start to finish 50 minutes

Sweetbreads are available from respectable butchers.

Ingredients    

2 pounds veal sweetbreads soaked for two hours and rinsed well

1 cup canned puree pumpkin

1 cup any sliced mushrooms

1 small onion diced

1 cup sliced tomatoes

11/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

2 tablespoon butter

11/2 cup cream

4 cups water

Directions

Take all the fat off sweetbreads; throw into boiling water; add one teaspoonful of salt and simmer 20 minutes, remove all skin and pick to medium size pieces. Put a tablespoonful of butter in a separate pan and let melt, add flour, onion, and tomatoes then water and cream; stir until it boils, add sweetbreads, pumpkin and mushrooms salt and a little pepper. Simmer 15 minutes. Serve warm.