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Kidneys with Lemon

Serve with salad.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 6

Ingredients

6 calf’s or 12 lamb’s kidneys
2 tablespoons butter
Salt and black pepper
Juice of 1 lemon, or more
3–4 tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Remove the outer skins of the kidneys (and the fat if they are enclosed in it). Cut lamb’s kidneys in half and calf ’s kidneys into walnut-sized pieces, and cut out as much of the fatty, gristly cores as possible.

    Step 2

    Sauté in hot butter for 3–4 minutes, until firm and lightly browned all over but still pink and juicy inside, adding salt and pepper. Take care not to overcook, as kidneys become tough. Sprinkle with lemon juice, and serve garnished with parsley.

Cover of Claudia Roden's The New Book of Middle Easter Food, featuring a blue filigree bowl filled with Meyer lemons and sprigs of mint.
Reprinted with permission from The New Book of Middle Eastern Food, copyright © 2000 by Claudia Roden, published by Knopf. Buy the full book on Amazon or Bookshop.
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