Best Extra Quick Chicken Liver And Bacon PÂtÉ Recipes

CHICKEN LIVER PâTé

Steps:

• Hard-boil eggs and cool. Peel eggs and chill, covered, until ready to use. Trim chicken livers and pat dry between paper towels. Chop medium onions and garlic.
• In a large heavy skillet cook chopped onions and garlic in oil over moderate heat, stirring, until golden, about 10 minutes. Increase heat to moderately high and add chicken livers. Cook mixture, stirring occasionally, until livers are cooked through but still barely pink inside, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer mixture to a bowl and cool.
• Finely chop enough of small onion to measure 1/3 cup and in a food processor pulse together with 2 hard-boiled eggs until well blended. Add liver mixture, Sherry or brandy, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste and blend until smooth. Transfer pâté to a small serving bowl and cool. Chill pâté, covered, at least 4 hours and up to 2 days.
• Just before serving, separate yolk and white from remaining hard-boiled egg and force them separately through a coarse sieve onto pâté.
• Serve pâté with toasts or crackers.

CHICKEN LIVER PATE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat 1 1/2 teaspoons butter and 1 tablespoon oil over medium. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, 10 minutes. Add carrot, thyme, and cayenne and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until carrot is tender, 5 minutes. (If mixture is dry or begins to overbrown, add up to 2 tablespoons water.) Transfer mixture to a food processor.
• Return skillet to medium-high and add remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons butter and remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Pat livers dry with paper towels. Season livers with salt and pepper and add to skillet. Cook until golden brown on all sides and cooked through, 6 minutes. Transfer livers to processor and pulse, scraping down sides as needed, until mixture is mostly smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper and let cool. Transfer pate to a small bowl and serve at room temperature with toasts or crackers.

BACON & CHICKEN LIVER PATE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pan.
• Add the bacon, garlic and onion and cook gently for 3 minutes.
• Stir in the chicken livers and cook for 5 minutes.
• Season liberally with salt and pepper.
• Stir in the herbs and mushrooms.
• Add the sherry and cook until the liquid has evaporated.
• Cool, then work in an electric blender until smooth.
• Stir in the cream and lemon juice.
• Spoon into a greased ovenproof dish.
• Cover with a lid and stand in a roasting pan, containing water to a depth of 2½cm.
• Bake in a preheated cool oven 150°C, 300°F, Gas Mark 2 for 2 to 2½ hours until cooked through.
• Allow to cool.
• Cover and chill until required.

CHICKEN-LIVER PâTé

Steps:

• Put a large, heavy sauté pan over medium heat, and melt 4 tablespoons of the butter until it begins to foam. Add the shallots, and sauté them until translucent, being careful not to allow them to brown. Add the livers, thyme and Madeira or port, and bring the heat to high. Cook, occasionally stirring the livers around in the pan with a spoon, until the wine has reduced and the livers are lightly browned but still very soft and pink on the inside, approximately 5 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the stove, and put its contents into a blender or food processor, along with the cream and the remaining butter. Purée until smooth, adding a little more cream if necessary. Taste and adjust seasoning, adding salt if necessary.
• Pack the pâté into a glass jar or bowl, then smooth the top with a spatula. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about two hours or up to five days. Serve with bacon-onion jam and copious amounts of toast.