Rognons-brochette grillés

These lambs’ kidneys are more pinned than brochettes.  Nonetheless, it is a very satisfactory way of cooking the kidneys.  Although the recipe specifies that the kidneys to be grilled, that can, of course, be barbequed.

Preparation Time: 15 Mins

Cooking Time: 10 Mins

Total Time: 25 Mins

Ingredients

For 2 servings…

4                    Kidneys  - lambs'     

                     Butter  - melted       

                     Pepper  - freshly ground, black 

                     Salt          

                     Sage  - chopped       

To garnish

                      Maître d'hotel butter  

For the maître d'hotel

110 gms           Butter       

1 pinch             Pepper      

1 pinch             Salt          

½                    Lemon  - juice of      

½ tbs               Parsley  - chopped   

Method

Skin the kidneys.  Cut them into two towards the white cores but so that they are not completely separated into two halves and so they can be laid out fiat.  Remove the small hard white part.  Skewer them crosswise with two very fine skewers in the French style or use two skewers for each kidney side by side across the two halves.

Brush the cut side with melted butter and season with salt, pepper and a little sage.  Set the kidneys, cut side up under a grill for several minutes at a moderate heat.  Then turn them over, brush with melted butter and grill the outside.

Serve with maitre d’hótel butter.

To make the maitre d’hótel butter…

Work the butter to a smooth paste.  Add the salt, pepper, lemon juice and parsley and work these into he butter.  Mould into a roll shape and put into a fridge to solidify until ready to use.

Variations

When the kidneys have been brushed with melted butter, they can be sprinkled with breadcrumbs.

As an alternative to serving with maitre d’hótel butter, serve with beurre Colbert (butter, pounded with tarragon, and salt and pepper), with beurre de ciboulette (butter, pounded with chopped chives, salt and pepper) or with beurre de moutarde (butter, blended with French mustard).

Wine recommendations

          A red wine.

  Conventional

           Beaujolais Villages

  Interesting

           Anjou Gamay

           Bordeaux Supérieur

           Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux

           Costières de Nimes