marcum@sun.com (Alan M. Marcum) (09/12/86)
Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the USENET copyright notice and the title of the newsgroup and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHOPPED-LIVER A "23 May 86" 1986 .RZ "CHOPPED LIVER" "Chopped liver Just like Mom used to make" This is .B NOT liver pate; it's chopped liver. And lots of folks who claim to hate liver love this stuff. .IH "serves 4" .IG "1 lb" "chicken livers" "500 g" .IG "1" "onion" (large) .IG "2" "garlic cloves" .IG "3 Tbsp" "schmaltz" "50 ml" (chicken fat; see note below) .IG "3" "eggs," hard boiled .PH .SK 1 Melt the schmaltz in a large frying pan. Saut\z\(aae the onions and garlic in the schmaltz until the onions are tender. .SK 2 Add the chicken livers, and saut\z\(aae until done. (Livers are done when they are no longer red or pink on the inside.) .SK 3 Chop the cooked livers and onions, along with the hard boiled eggs. I always chop by hand, using a chopper and a wooden bowl. Regardless of how you chop them, they should be farily coarsly chopped. .SK 4 Season with a little salt, and a little more melted schmaltz if things are dry. .NX .I Schmaltz is rendered (melted) chicken fat. If you want to make your own (which I recommend), get some chicken fat (from the butcher, or from a chicken you fix; one chicken's fat is plenty). Put the fat in a frying pan on low heat. Stir the pieces of fat frequently; if there's lots of fat, you can drain the pan into a container to keep things from splattering too much. The fat will eventually melt down to a tough, dry blob (the .I griveners, which are pure poison, but I love 'em!), at which point you're done rendering. The liquid fat is the schmaltz. .SH RATING .I Difficulty: easy. .I Time: 30 minutes. .I Precision: no need to measure. .WR Alan M. Marcum Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, California sun!nescorna!marcum