Please wait

Contact

37-39 rue Boissière
75016 Paris
France

Phone : 01 41 40 99 80

GaultMillau © 2025 All rights reserved

Veal sweetbreads with langoustine, sand carrots, langoustine bisque & spicy jus

Veal sweetbreads with langoustine, sand carrots, langoustine bisque & spicy jus

Mathieu Thomas | 1/20/23

Three hours in the kitchen to create a beautiful combination of land and sea. This is the idea of Mathieu Thomas, chef at Mimosa, with his veal sweetbreads and langoustine, with sand carrots, langoustine bisque and full-bodied jus.

serves 8

Preparation time: 1 h

Cooking time: 2 h 25

 

Veal sweetbreads

  • 750 g sweetbreads
  • 1.5 kg veal trimmings
  • 1 onion
  • 2 carrots
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 1 sprig thyme
  • 30 cl chicken stock
  • sunflower oil
  • salt and pepper

Langoustines

  • 8 langoustines
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 lemongrass stick
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 carrot
  • 10 cl cognac
  • 10 g tomato paste
  • 50 cl chicken stock
  • 25 cl liquid cream
  • Espelette pepper
  • Salt

Carrots

  • 8 sandy carrots
  • 50 g semi-salted butter
  • Espelette pepper
  • olive oil
  • Salt

 

1 - Prepare the sweetbreads: blanch the sweetbreads in a large volume of salted water, starting cold. Bring to the boil for 3 min, then transfer to a bowl of cold water with ice cubes. Peel and chill.

2 - For the veal jus: brown the trimmings in sunflower oil, then add the aromatic garnish. Degrease and moisten with stock. Cook and reduce for 1 h, strain and degrease.

3 - For the langoustine bisque: shell the langoustines and set aside in a cool place. Brown the heads in olive oil, add the aromatic garnish and tomato paste. Flambé with cognac. Moisten with stock. Cook for 1 h and strain. Reduce to ice, then cream.

4 - Make a carrot pur&e acute;e: peel, chop and steam or boil carrots, then mashed potato with butter and spices.

5 - Brown the sweetbreads in semi-salted butter, then snackeeze the langoustines with olive oil.

6 - Arrange: place the carrot purée at the bottom of the plates. Arrange the sweetbreads and pearly langoustines on top, adding the spicy jus. Emulsify the langoustine bisque and add the foam. Serve the dish.

These recipes might interest you

Monkfish cheek, coconut broth and vegetable spaghetti Easy

Monkfish cheek, coconut broth and vegetable spaghetti

For her recipe for baked monkfish cheek, chef Lauraine Raiteux cuts spaghetti from carrots, turnip and butternut and makes a broth with lemony coconut milk.
Veal quasi, green asparagus, rösti Easy

Veal quasi, green asparagus, rösti

Chef Mickaël Braure's recipe includes asparagus, homemade rösti and a wild garlic mayonnaise.
Watermelon and rhubarb harissa Easy

Watermelon and rhubarb harissa

A sunny recipe combining marinated watermelon, rhubarb harissa, fromage frais and tagetes oil from Bordeaux chefs Martin Lafont and Jean-Marie Perrot.
Asparagus dog

Asparagus dog

Chef Yann Leclercq (restaurant Le Lynn, Rumilly) gives us a fun recipe to eat with the whole family that will appeal to children and adults alike.
Arctic char and green asparagus Easy

Arctic char and green asparagus

This springtime fish and asparagus dish from chefs Alicia Chardon and Florian Braissand is enhanced by a verjuice and wild garlic reduced cream.
White asparagus, smoked tarama and asparagus-hazelnut milk Easy

White asparagus, smoked tarama and asparagus-hazelnut milk

Want to cook asparagus differently? Chef Mathieu Moity proposes a recipe in which asparagus is served with fish roe, asparagus-hazelnut milk and a virgin sauce.

Food products, kitchen equipment, tableware, service solutions...

See the full list of partners who place their trust in Gault&Millau

All our partners
Become a Partner
LEARN MORE