Chicken Liver Crostini With Pickled Eggs Recipes

CHICKEN LIVER CROSTINI

Steps:

• Pat dry 1 pound chicken livers and season with salt and pepper. Cook in a skillet with 3 tablespoons chicken fat or olive oil, turning, 7 minutes; transfer to a food processor. Add 2 more tablespoons fat, 1 chopped onion and some fresh thyme to the pan and cook 8 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup sherry and boil 1 minute; add to the processor along with 1 cup crushed saltines, 1 hard-boiled egg and 2 tablespoons fresh parsley. Pulse; season with salt and cayenne. Chill, then spread on crostini. Top with hard-boiled egg and radish slices.

CROSTINI OF CHICKEN LIVER PATE WITH BALSAMIC ONIONS

Steps:

• To make the onions: Coat a large saute pan with olive oil and add the onions. Season the onions with salt and bring the pan to a medium-high heat. Cover and sweat the onions for 15 to 20 minutes. Add the balsamic and cook for another 20 to 25 minutes or until the balsamic is syrupy. Use right away, or place in airtight jar and store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
• To make the chicken liver pate: Coat a large saute pan with olive oil and add the anchovies, capers and garlic. Bring to medium heat and saute until the anchovies have dissolved.
• Add the chicken livers, turn up the heat and saute for 3 to 5 minutes and cook until the livers are about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way done. Add the wine and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until the wine has reduced by half, the mix should still be pretty soupy.
• Transfer everything to a food processor and puree until smooth. Season with a little salt, if needed, and loosen with a little olive oil if needed.
• Schmear each toast with the pate and top with balsamic onions.

CHICKEN-LIVER CROSTINI

Steps:

• Rinse chicken livers, and transfer to paper towels to drain. Meanwhile, heat grapeseed oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, capers, and red-pepper flakes, and cook, stirring constantly, until onion is translucent and starting to brown, about 3 minutes. Add chicken livers and sage, and cook until livers start to brown. Remove skillet from heat. Add Vin Santo. Return to medium-high heat, and simmer until reduced to a glaze, about 4 minutes. Reduce heat to low, and add cream. Simmer until reduced by half, stirring frequently, 8 to 10 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer to a food processor, and puree until smooth. Serve at room temperature, drizzled with olive oil and spread on toasted bread.

CHICKEN LIVER CROSTINI WITH PICKLED EGGS

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, 1/2 cup water, shallots, thyme sprigs, cloves, bay leaf, salt, and sugar in medium saucepan; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer pickling mixture 15 minutes to allow flavors to blend. Remove mixture from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Pierce hard-boiled eggs all over with thin skewer or fork to depth of 1/2 inch. Place eggs in 1-quart glass jar or medium bowl. Pour pickling mixture over eggs; cover and refrigerate overnight. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.
• Combine 1/2 cup olive oil, thyme sprigs, peeled garlic cloves, 1 bay leaf, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in medium skillet; heat over medium-low heat. Add chicken heart and gizzard to skillet and cook gently until tender, turning occasionally, about 30 minutes (do not allow oil mixture to boil). Transfer heart and gizzard to cutting board and cool completely, then chop finely. Reserve skillet with oil mixture.
• Add chicken livers to oil mixture in same skillet and cook gently over medium heat until brown on outside but still pink in center, about 10 minutes. Transfer chicken livers and garlic cloves from skillet to cutting board and cool, then chop finely.
• Discard thyme sprigs and all but 2 tablespoons oil from skillet. Add butter, onion, 1 tablespoon chopped thyme, minced garlic, and remaining bay leaf to same skillet; sauté over medium heat until onion is soft, about 10 minutes. Add wine and Port and cook until almost evaporated, about 2 minutes. Add chopped gizzards and chicken livers and simmer 1 minute. Season to taste with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool slightly. Cover and chill. Rewarm over medium heat just until warm before using.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Arrange baguette slices in single layer on baking sheet; brush tops lightly with olive oil. Toast in oven until pale golden, about 12 minutes. Cool. DO AHEAD: Baguette toasts can be made 4 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
• Divide chicken liver mixture among crostini. Slice 2 to 3 pickled eggs into rounds. Top liver mixture on each baguette with 1 egg round and a few shallot rounds from pickling liquid. Sprinkle lightly with remaining 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme and serve.

CHICKEN-LIVER CROSTINI WITH QUINCE JELLY

Steps:

• Line a 4-by-6-inch loaf pan with plastic wrap. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until foamy. Cook shallots and garlic until softened, about 2 minutes. Add chicken livers, 1 teaspoon coarse salt, and the cayenne, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and add wine and thyme. Return to heat, and cook, covered, until liquid reduces by half, about 6 minutes.
• Pulse chicken livers, pan juices, and remaining 10 tablespoons butter in a food processor until smooth. Season with coarse salt and pepper. Pour into pan, and smooth with an offset spatula; refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brush baguette with oil, and toast until golden. Sprinkle with fleur de sel.
• Turn out pate from pan. Spread pate and quince jelly on crostini.

CHICKEN LIVER CROSTINI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the bread slices on a baking sheet, and lightly brush top of each with some of the olive oil. Bake until the edges are a light brown and the centers are crisp, about 10 minutes.
• While the crostini bake, place the parsley in a food processor, and process until finely chopped. Transfer to a small bowl, and set aside.
• Place the livers, 1/4 cup olive oil and garlic in a 2 1/2-quart casserole with a tight-fitting lid. Cook, covered, at 100 percent power in a high-power microwave oven for 2 minutes. Stir well, re-cover, and cook for 1 minute.
• Remove from the oven and uncover. Scrape the mixture into a food processor. Add the anchovies, and process until smooth. Taste, and add salt, pepper and gin.
• Spread 1 rounded tablespoon of the chicken-liver mixture on each of the crostini. Sprinkle the tops with the reserved parsley or sage.

ROMAN-STYLE CHOPPED CHICKEN LIVER CROSTINI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Brush both sides of the baguette slices with olive oil and arrange them on a large rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake the crostini for 12 minutes, or until crisp and golden. Let cool.
• In a large skillet, heat the 3 tablespoons of olive oil.
• Add the chicken livers, season with salt and pepper and cook over moderately high heat until browned on the bottom, 1 minute.
• Turn the livers.
• Add the sage, shallots, garlic and anchovies and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the shallots are softened, 3 minutes.
• Add the vin santo and the 1 tablespoon of whole capers and cook until the wine has reduced by half, about 3 minutes.
• Transfer the liver mixture to a food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped.
• Scrape the chopped liver into a crock or serving bowl.
• Fold in the egg and season with salt and pepper.
• Sprinkle the chopped capers on top and serve at room temperature with the crostini.
• Enjoy!.

CHICKEN-LIVER CROSTINI

Steps:

• Heat butter and oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium heat until foam subsides, then cook onion, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add livers and cook over medium-high heat until undersides are browned, about 3 minutes. Turn livers over and add red-pepper flakes, capers, and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook until livers are just cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes more. Increase heat to high and add vermouth. Boil, stirring, until slightly thickened and glossy, about 3 minutes. Transfer livers with a slotted spoon to a cutting board, then transfer sauce to a bowl.
• Coarsely chop livers and add to sauce. Season with salt and pepper and gently stir in parsley. Spoon onto toasts and squeeze a little lemon juice over each.

TUSCAN CHICKEN-LIVER CROSTINI

Steps:

• Rinse the chicken livers under running water and pat dry with paper towel. Cut away any greenish discolored parts. Cut the onion in half and slice each half thinly. Mash the garlic with the flat blade of a knife and chop coarsely.
• Heat the olive oil in a saute pan. Add onion and garlic and cook gently until onion is softened. Add chicken livers. Turn heat up to medium and cook briskly until livers are thoroughly browned.
• Add white wine and chicken stock. Lower heat and simmer approximately 20 minutes, until livers are cooked through. Mash the livers with a fork, or pass them through a food mill to puree them. The texture should be more grainy than smooth. Mix with capers, taste for seasoning, and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve with the sliced bread, either plain or toasted.