Buffalo Sweetbreads With Citrus Blue Cheese Recipe
Prep Time:
30 minutes
Cook Time:
20 minutes
Servings:
Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup blue cheese
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 3 tablespoons heavy cream
  • zest of one Orange
  • zest of one lemon
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 1 cup Frank's hot sauce
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 3 scallions
Directions
  1. In a mixing bowl, combine the blue cheese, heavy cream and sour cream.
  2. Mix until incorporated and season with salt, pepper and the zest of one orange and one lemon.
  3. Clean the sweetbreads of any visible membrane using your fingers and a sharp knife.
  4. Drop them in lightly boiling water for about a minute, remove and transfer to a bowl of ice water until cool.
  5. Cut sweetbreads into 2-inch pieces.
  6. Mix flour, cornstarch, salt, pepper and paprika together. Dredge the sweetbreads in the flour and shake off excess.
  7. Fry in a 350-degree fryer until golden brown and drain on paper towels.
  8. In a small saucepan, heat the hot sauce until it starts to bubble, then take off heat and whisk in cold butter.
  9. Place sweetbreads in pan and coat with buffalo sauce.
  10. Garnish with thinly sliced scallions, and serve with citrus blue cheese dressing