Sweetbread

How it is used

Usually plural as sweetbreads; despite the name, it is offal rather than bread.

Example sentences

1. The menu listed sweetbreads with a mushroom sauce.

   The name identifies an organ-meat ingredient.

2. The cook portioned the sweetbreads for the tasting menu.

   The plural refers to the prepared pieces of this ingredient.

Common collocations

• veal sweetbreads
• lamb sweetbreads

Related terms

• ingredientOne of the foods or other items, such as flour, oil or salt, that are combined to make a particular dish.
• portionThe amount of a food served to one person. As a verb, to portion means to divide food into equal amounts for serving.

More terms: Ingredients, Stocks & Sauces

• season
• stock
• marinade
• mother sauce
• roux
• emulsion
• zest
• produce
• dry goods
• mirepoix
• bouquet garni
• sachet d'épices