Zuries Chicken Liver Paté Recipes

COLLEEN'S CHICKEN LIVER PATE

Steps:

• Combine chicken livers and milk in a bowl. Let soak in the refrigerator, about 2 hours.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until soft, about 5 minutes. Add 1 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns, garlic, red pepper flakes, and thyme; cook and stir until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Remove chicken livers from the milk with a slotted spoon; add to the saucepan with balsamic vinegar and bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until chicken livers are tender and no longer pink, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Transfer chicken liver mixture to a food processor. Add remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons black peppercorns and Scotch; blend until smooth. Add remaining 6 tablespoons of butter and pulse until fully incorporated into the mixture.
• Divide blended mixture evenly among 6 porcelain ramekins. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 6 hours.

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.

CHICKEN LIVER PATE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in garlic, onion and chicken livers. Reduce heat to low, and simmer approximately 10 minutes, until chicken livers are tender and no longer pink.
• Place chicken liver mixture in a blender with dry sherry, cream cheese, hot sauce, salt and pepper. Blend until smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl, cover and chill in the refrigerator approximately 2 hours before serving.

JEWISH-STYLE CHICKEN LIVER PâTé

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Gently sauté onion and garlic in the fat over low heat until browned but not burned. Sprinkle onions and garlic with salt as soon as they begin to wilt.
• Slice 3 of the hard-boiled eggs in half. Refrigerate the remaining egg to be used for garnish.
• Scrape the sautéed onion, garlic, and drippings into the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Blend until smooth.
• Add hard-boiled eggs, cooked chicken livers, black pepper, and nutmeg. Process until smooth. Taste and adjust seasoning, keeping in mind that flavor will increase during refrigeration.
• Scrape chicken liver mixture into plastic wrap-lined decorative mold or bowl.
• Cover with another layer of plastic wrap, pressing wrap to touch the top of the pâté . Refrigerate at least 12 hours or overnight.
• When ready to serve, take the pâté from the refrigerator and remove plastic wrap covering. Invert onto a decorative dish and remove the bottom layer of plastic wrap.
• Let rest at room temperature 30 minutes to 1 hour, then grate remaining hard-boiled eggs over the top before serving.

CHICKEN LIVER PâTé WITH RED ONION JAM

Steps:

• For the chicken liver pâté: Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the yellow onions and garlic and cook until softened, 5 minutes. Stir in the coriander, pepper, allspice and some salt.
• Increase the heat to medium high and add the chicken livers. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown on the outside but still pink inside, about 3 minutes. Add the heavy cream. Transfer the mixture to a food processor and puree until smooth.
• With the motor running, add the remaining 7 tablespoons butter in three batches and process until fully incorporated. Add the brandy and pulse to incorporate. Season with salt.
• Transfer the pâté to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate until firm, at least 3 hours and up to overnight.
• For the red onion jam: Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the red onions, thyme and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 8 minutes.
• Add the wine and simmer, stirring occasionally, until most of the wine has evaporated, about 10 minutes. Add the vinegar and sugar and cook, stirring often, until the onions are very tender and the liquid is syrupy, 3 to 4 more minutes.
• Cool the jam to room temperature, and then refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve warm or room temperature
• To serve, spread baguette slices with pâté and top with red onion jam.

CHICKEN LIVER PATE

Steps:

• In a skillet over medium heat, saute the onions in half of the olive oil until caramelized, about 30 minutes. Remove half of the onions from the skillet and set aside. Add the remaining olive oil and continue cooking over high heat until the onions are crispy and golden brown; add more olive oil if necessary. Drain on paper towels, season with salt and pepper and set aside for garnish.
• In a small pot of salted simmering water, poach the chicken livers for 5 minutes on low heat. Drain on paper towels.
• In a food processor, puree the livers with the carrots, 2 hard-boiled eggs and the caramelized onions until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Add nutmeg. Push through a fine mesh sieve if desired.
• Pack the mousse into a serving dish and smooth the top. Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• Garnish with the crispy onions and grate the remaining 2 hard-boiled eggs right before serving. Serve with bread, toasts or crackers.

CHICKEN LIVER PATE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute chicken livers and onion in chicken fat for 10 minutes or until livers are no longer pink. Transfer to a food processor; cover and process until chicken livers are coarsely chopped. , Add the mushrooms, eggs, 1 tablespoon sherry, salt and pepper. Cover and process until smooth, adding more sherry or broth if needed for pate to reach desired consistency. , Transfer to a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. Serve with melba rounds or assorted crackers.

CURRIED CHICKEN LIVER PâTé

Steps:

• Cook onion in 4 tablespoons butter in a large heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until softened. Stir in livers, curry powder, paprika, salt, and pepper and cook, covered, over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until livers are barely pink inside, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add brandy. Purée warm mixture in a food processor with remaining butter until smooth. Pour into a 3 1/2-cup terrine and cover surface with plastic wrap. Chill until firm, at least 3 hours.

DIVINE CHICKEN LIVER PATE

Steps:

• Melt butter and gently fry the chopped onion and chicken livers until softened and just cooked.
• Spoon into blender.
• Add herbs and seasoning and blend well.
• Add the Apricot brandy to give a smooth and creamy texture.
• Pour into suitable dishes (about 3-4 small bowls).
• Smooth the top of pate in each bowl.
• Gently press a bay leaf into the surface of each.
• Top each bowl of pate with a little melted butter to prevent the air from discolouring.
• Chill.
• Serve garnished with parsley.

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.

PORT & CHICKEN LIVER PâTé

Steps:

• Put 100g butter, shallots, garlic, orange and thyme in a pan and fry gently for 8 mins.
• Add the chicken livers and cook gently for another 4 mins.
• Add the port or marsala and cook for a further min, then tip it all into a blender.
• Blitz until smooth, season, then add the remaining butter and blitz again.
• Sieve into a pretty bowl and put it straight into the fridge.
• Give it a couple of hours to set, then spread on crackers.

CREAMY CHICKEN LIVER PâTé

Steps:

• In a spice grinder or clean coffee grinder, combine peppercorns, allspice, clove and coriander seeds; grind until fine and set aside.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium-high heat; when foam subsides, add onion and cook until softened, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add livers to pan and sprinkle with salt; cook livers on one side until they begin to brown, about 2 minutes, then flip them and cook the other side. Be sure to keep heat relatively high so that the outside of livers sears and inside stays pink.
• Put onion, livers and their buttery juices into a food processor or blender with remaining butter, the cream, spices and brandy. Purée mixture until it is smooth; taste and adjust seasoning.
• Put pâté in a terrine or bowl, smooth top and put in refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours or until fully set. Serve pâté with bread or crackers.

CHICKEN LIVER PâTé

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp of the butter in a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. When the butter is foaming, add the chicken livers and fry for 2 mins each side.
• Stir the crushed garlic, some of the thyme and Madeira into the pan with the livers. Fry for 2 mins, letting the Madeira simmer. Transfer the mixture to a food processor, reserve 200g of the butter and add the rest to the processor. Blend everything to a smooth paste. Season to taste, then spoon into 4 x 70ml clip-top jars.
• Melt the reserved butter in a medium frying pan and add the sliced garlic. Turn the garlic in the butter until slightly golden. Pour into the 4 jars of pâté, ensuring a few slices of garlic and the remaining thyme leaves go in each jar, and chill in the fridge for at least 4 hrs, or until set. Can be made up to 2 days in advance.
• Before serving, toast the brioche, then cut into triangular quarters for serving. Stir the diced apple through the chutney. Serve the pâté on small wooden boards with the toasted brioche, cornichons and chutney.