Chicken Liver Pate
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
6 ramekins
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 1 lb chicken liver (fresh & cleaned)
- 1 cup milk
- 1⁄2 cup cold unsalted butter (cut into pieces)
- 1 cup onion (chopped)
- 2 teaspoons garlic (minced)
- 2 tablespoons peppercorns (green if available & drained)
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon thyme leaves (fresh)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 cup cognac (or brandy)
directions
- Soak livers in milk for at least 2 hours and drain well.
- Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a saute pan over medium heat.
- Add onions and cook until soft (about 3 minutes).
- Add garlic and cook for about 1 minute.
- Add livers, 1 tablespoons peppercorns, bay leaves, thyme, salt & pepper.
- Cook stirring until livers are brown on outside and pink inside (about 5 minutes).
- Add cognac and cook until most of the liquid is gone.
- Cool.
- Discard bay leaves.
- In food processor puree liver mixture.
- Add remaining butter in pieces and pulsing to blend.
- Fold in remaining tablespoon of green peppercorns and adjust seasonings to taste.
- Pack in ramekins, cover and vacuum seal.
- Refrigerate or freeze.
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I made this tonight at our son and DIL's to use up some lovely livers she bought yesterday and we didn't want to waste. I don't eat pate, but my diners said it was wonderful-the right balance of flavours and a lovely texture. It was super simple to make and son's $220 bottle of cognac probably added to the great flavour lol. I made 1 1/2 times the recipe and shall photograph one of the delicious little ramekins of the stuff when I buy myself a new camera in the very near future! There is a tiny typo in the recipe that could ruin it for an inexperienced cook-the ingredients ask for 12 teaspoons of salt!!!! I used my brain and used 1/2 a teaspoon ;-)
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