Chicken Liver Pate

Submitted by evelynathens

"A great-tasting pate that is surprisingly east to make."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 lb chicken liver, trimmed and halved
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons minced shallots
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1⁄8 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
• 1 1⁄4 cups madeira wine
• 1 1⁄4 cups ruby port
• 2 tablespoons brandy
• 2 large eggs, plus
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 1⁄2 cups clarified butter, cooled to lukewarm

directions

1. In a bowl, let livers soak in milk, covered and chilled, overnight; drain and puree until smooth.
2. Force through a fine sieve into a bowl.
3. In a deep saucepan, combine shallots, garlic, thyme, Madeira, Port and brandy.
4. Cook over high heat until reduced to about 1/3 cup; let cool.
5. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
6. Butter an 11 x 3 x 2 inch loaf pan.
7. Whisk eggs and yolks into liver puree and whisk in shallot mixture, clarified butter and season to taste.
8. Turn into a prepared pan, cover with a double layer of foil, set in a larger pan of hot water and bake for 1 hour.
9. Remove from water, let cool completely, chill overnight.
10. Run a knife around edge of pan and unmold onto a platter lined with parsley.
11. Serve with an interesting variety of crackers, toast points and black bread.

Reviews

[IngridH]

This was very good, and suprisingly easy to make. The only substitution I made was to use tawney rather than ruby port, which may account for my only issue with this- it was a bit sweet. Not enough to stop me from eating it, just enough to notice "hmm, this is a little sweeter than I'd really prefer". I ct the recipe to 3/4 (because the package of livers I bought was 3/4 lb). Zaar then told me to use 1 1/2 eggs plus 1 1/2 egg yolks, which was kind of silly, so I used I whole egg and two yolks. I cooked it in 2 foil pans (6 x 3 1/4 x 2). Very nice creamy texture, pretty pink color, and very yummy on a good piece of french bread. If you like pate, you need to try this recipe. Made for ZWT5 by one of the Cooks with Dirty Faces.