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  • Chicken Liver Pate With Figs And Walnuts

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    Ingredients

    • Nonstick vegetable oil spray
    • 1 lb chicken livers trimmed
    • 1 c. canned low-salt chicken broth
    • 1 sm onion thinly sliced
    • 1 c. unsalted butter - (2 sticks) room temperature
    • 1 Tbsp. Cognac
    • 1 1/4 tsp salt
    • 1 c. dry red wine
    • 3/4 c. dry black Mission figs
    • 1/2 c. minced toasted walnuts Fresh chives for garnish Red leaf lettuce for garnish
    • 1 x French-bread baguette sliced, toasted

    Directions

    1. Spray 3-c. souffle dish or possibly terrine with vegetable oil spray. Line dish with plastic wrap; spray plastic.
    2. Combine chicken livers, broth and onion in medium saucepan. Bring to boil. Cover and simmer till livers are cooked through, stirring occasionally, about 12 min. Drain cooking liquid; transfer chicken livers and onion to processor. Add in butter, Cognac and salt to processor. Puree till smooth. Transfer to prepared dish. Cover and chill till hard, at least 4 hrs.
    3. Bring wine to simmer in small saucepan. Remove from heat. Add in figs. Let stand till figs soften, about 15 min. Drain wine. Quarter figs. (Pate and figs can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep pate refrigerated. Transfer figs to small bowl; cover and chill.)
    4. Unmold pate onto platter. Press walnuts onto sides of pate. Garnish top with chives and some figs. Arrange lettuce on platter with pate. Place remaining figs atop lettuce. Serve with toasts.
    5. This recipe yields 10 to 12 servings.
    6. Comments: By the seventies, Julia Child, through her books and television shows, had made French food accessible, and the Cuisinart, introduced in 1973, made many of the cuisine"s more complicated techniques quick and simple. As a result, pate became increasingly popular, and remains so today.

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