Chicken Liver Pate With Currants Recipes

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.

EASY CHICKEN LIVER PATE

Steps:

• Set aside 1/2 cup butter to soften slightly.
• Place onion and apple in a food processor with the steel knife blade; process until coarsely chopped.
• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and apple; cook and stir until lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Return onion and apple to food processor.
• Melt 5 tablespoons butter in the same skillet over high heat; cook chicken livers until browned and just done inside, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and pour in brandy; allow to warm up without stirring. Carefully light the liquid; let flames subside.
• Transfer chicken liver mixture to the food processor with onion and apple. Add cream and process until very smooth. Transfer mixture into a bowl and refrigerate until cool, at least 30 minutes.
• Cut the softened 1/2 cup butter into pieces and process in the food processor; add about 1/3 of the liver mixture and blend about 5 seconds. Repeat 2 more times with remaining liver mixture. Add lemon juice, salt, and pepper and blend well.
• Transfer pate to a serving dish or several small dishes; top with 1 tablespoon melted butter. Cover loosely with plastic wrap; refrigerate until chilled and set, about 3 hours.

CHICKEN LIVER PATE WITH CURRANTS

Steps:

• Place currants in a small bowl; cover with orange liqueur. Let soak until plump, about 1 hour.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot butter until softened, about 1 minute. Add chicken livers; cook and stir until no longer pink in the center, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Place remaining 3/4 cup butter, chicken liver mixture, heavy cream, thyme, and allspice in a food processor; blend until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and stir in currants and orange liqueur. Season pate with salt and pepper.
• Divide pate among small ramekins. Refrigerate until firm, at least 3 hours.

BRANDIED CHICKEN LIVER PâTé

Steps:

• In a large heavy skillet cook onion and garlic in butter over moderate heat, stirring, until softened. Pat dry chicken livers and season with salt and pepper. Add livers to onion mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but barely pink inside, about 10 minutes. Add brandy and simmer 2 minutes. Transfer hot mixture to a food processor and add nutmeg, allspice, and salt and pepper to taste. Purée mixture until very smooth and cool mixture.
• While pâté is cooling, in a bowl cover currants with boiling water and soak 5 minutes. Drain currants and pat dry between paper towels.
• Transfer pâté to bowl and stir in currants. Pack pâté in a crock (or crocks). Chill pâté, its surface covered with plastic wrap, at least 6 hours and up to 3 days. Bring pâté to room temperature before serving.
• Serve pâté with toasts or crackers.

CHICKEN LIVER PATE WITH REDCURRANT GELEE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat 1/4 cup butter in skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute for 1 minute then add garlic and saute for 30 seconds. Add chicken livers, thyme, star anise, salt and pepper and saute for 4-6 minutes or until chicken livers are still pink in the centre. Add sherry vinegar and Cognac and bring to a boil. Remove star anise, if desired and transfer contents of skillet to a food processor. Add cream and remaining butter and process until smooth, adding more salt and pepper as needed. Line a small loaf pan with plastic wrap. Spoon in mixture and smooth top. If there is any mixture left over, spoon into a s mall container and reserve for another occasion. Pour melted butter overtop and chill 4 hours or until set. Keep refrigerated until needed. Combine redcurrant jelly, sweet wine and cherries in a small pot over medium heat and stir until melted. Cool. Remove pate from pan, cut into slices or spoon onto brioche and serve with a drizzle of gelee.