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Home | Recipes | Chicken Liver Pate

Chicken Liver Pate

1 January, 2017 1 Comment

This year for the first time in at least 8 years we went out on New Year’s Eve.

For years I used to take it in turns with a group of university friends to hold some sort of New Year’s Eve gathering. Then I moved house  out of the area and we all had children and things became harder to arrange. Since the arrival of my younger daughter 8yrs ago we have had a mixture of spending the evening on our own of with my mum and dad.  We have been known to have a meal for two and fall asleep on the sofa before midnight arrives.

My two girls are now old enough to enjoy a party and cope with a late night and this year we were lucky to be invited to a local friend’s house for some food and a few drinks.  We all have children of a similar age so it suits everyone.

To make things easy for our hosts we all brought some food.  My course was the starter or appetiser.  So, yesterday afternoon I got to work with a few easy canapes type recipes, one of which was homemade Chicken Liver Pate.  I first tried this chicken liver pate recipe a number of years ago when my mum and dad were coming for Christmas or New Year.  We all enjoyed it so much it has become a Christmas time tradition.

Making The Chicken Liver Pate

I found the recipe in a book of short cut recipes by Gary Rhodes. The original recipe was to serve 4 people but as the fresh chicken livers always seem to come in a 400g pack I just increase the other ingredients to suit.

For the pate you will need:

400g Chicken Livers

180g Butter (softened)

2 Large Shallots (finely chopped)

2 Garlic Cloves (crushed)

2½ tbsp Brandy (optional)

Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper for seasoning

The chicken livers have some sinews running through them so I remove these, I’m not over thorough but I remove the bulk.  The livers are quite soft so the sinews pull out with the help of a knife.  Once you have done this season with some salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Finely Chopped Shallot  Prepared Raw Chicken Livers and Butter

Melt a knob of the butter in a medium sized frying pan and soften the chopped shallot and crushed garlic for 2-3 minutes.  Now added your seasoned livers and fry on a medium high heat for 2-3 minutes both sides.  They should be firm but still pink in the middle.  My husband loves chicken livers so if he is about I let him have a taste to confirm they are cooked properly.

Sweating Shallot  Chicken Livers and Shallot  Cooked Chicken Livers

Allow the onion and livers to cool, if you are in a hurry remove from the pan.

In a food processor blitz the livers until smooth, add the remaining butter and brandy and blitz again until combined.  Place the chicken liver pate mixture into a bowl or mould, cover with cling film and place in the fridge to chill and firm up.

Blended Chicken Livers  Chicken Liver Pate Complete

After a couple of hours in the fridge the chicken liver pate should be firm enough to slice and spread onto the toast slices.  Serve as it is or with a garnish of sliced/chopped tomato.

If I am making this at home for a starter for a smallish gathering I would make my own melba toast but as this was finger food for 20 I bought some pre-prepared Melba toast slices instead.

 

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Tags: appetisers, canapes, chicken liver pate, pate, starter Categories: Recipes

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  1. Maurice Hobson says

    2 January, 2017 at 10:22 am

    I can confirm that the pate is yummy although be careful with the garlic depending on the size of the cloves

    Francesca’s Dad

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