The sweetbread is the gland thymus of the calf used for culinary preparations. " Laughter: brings down of the calf (of the lamb and the kid) trained by a gland - the thymus - situated in the entrance of the breast, in front of the trachée, and which disappears in the adulthood. The laughter consists of a lengthened part, the throat, and a round and delicious part, the walnut. "

This rather rare food is always expensive and hardly appreciated by the connoisseurs. Sweetbread must be cleared, then cleared, drained and refreshed. After complete cooling, it is necessary to adorn them then to put them under press in the cool. Laughter cook mostly braised.

The sweetbread does not keep, attention to consume him within 24 hours!!!

Given energetics:

· The laughter is very rich in vitamin C. 100 g of laughter contain it as much as an orange (100 g) or 2 lemons.
· He also contains of the vitamin B12 in great quantities. 50 g of laughter cover the daily needs of an adult.
· The cooking over a low heat allows to keep at most trace elements and vitamins.
· The laughter brings 136,4 Kcal / 100 g (of cooked laughter) and 6 % of fats on average.
· He is rich in good quality proteins because rich in indispensable amino acids.