Chicken Livers With Green Peppercorns Recipes

Steps:

• Dust the livers with flour and brown them in the safflower oil. Set aside.
• Add the port, peppercorns, ginger, stock. Bring to boil, turn down heat and reduct to one-half cup.
• Return the livers to the pan. Add the cream, salt and pepper and cook until the sauce has thickened and the livers are heated through. Whisk in the butter and serve.

Steps:

• Rinse chicken livers and pat dry.
• Place livers in large bowl and pour over 3/4 cup Madeira and macerate for 1 hour.
• Drain and puree in blender.
• Pour in large bowl and add salt, pepper, nutmeg, thyme, marjoram and eggs.
• Set aside.
• Melt 1 T.
• butter in skillet and cook shallots and garlic until soft.
• Add wine, cognac, port and remaining madeira.
• Flame and reduce to 1/2.
• Remove from heat and cool slightly.
• Add clarified butter slowly while beating vigorously with wooden spoon.
• Sir in raisins and peppercorns.
• Place in buttered 1 1/2 quart pate mold or souffle.
• Place bay leaves atop.
• Cover with double layer of foil and lid.
• Place in boiling water bath.
• Bake 325 degrees 3 hours.
• Add water as needed.
• Remove and cool on rack.
• Chill in fridge 1 day before serving.

Steps:

• Soak the chicken livers in the milk overnight, and before using, drain off the milk and rinse the livers in cold water.
• Melt half the butter in a saucepan and sauté the onion gently until soft and golden but not dark brown.
• Add the chicken livers and the rest of the ingredients EXCEPT for the crushed green peppercorns and the rest of the butter. Cook the mixture until the livers become firm and change colour, about 10 minutes.
• Blend the liver mixture in the blender or a food processor and once smooth, stir in the crushed green peppercorns. Add more salt and pepper to taste.
• Transfer to a serving dish, the mixture should "not quite" fill it up. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm. Melt the remaining butter, and carefully spoon it over the pate, refrigerate until set (approx 1 hour) garnish with whole green peppercorns and coriander.

Steps:

• In large deep skillet, add olive oil and preheat to medium heat.
• Toss in the green pepper and sweet onion, saute quickly. Lift out on toweled plate. Pat towels on top to remove oil.
• In medium bowl, beat egg until frothy and cold water.
• Place flour in a flat pan with the salt and pepper.
• Put cornstarch in a ziplock bag, a little at a time, add a few dry chicken livers and shake shake shake. Remove the livers from the bag. and coat in the egg mixture then in flour mixture and place in a heated pan.
• Do this until all chicken livers are coated and placed in the pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Sauté until golden, turning over once or twice. Place on a heat proof plate, cover and keep warm in 250°F oven.
• Return the sautéed green peppers and onions to the pan and add tomato sauce,sugar if desired, sprinkle with chili pepper and Tabasco if desired.
• Stir around until simmering.
• Serve with hot buttered noodles or rice.
• In a large deep serving platter, spoon noodles around the edges, then the peppers and onions and then place the livers on top.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cover chicken with mustard, peppercorns, garlic, lemon juice, chives and half of the oil.
• Let stand for 30 minutes or so.
• Heat remaining oil in pan.
• Add onion and cook until soft.
• Add chicken mixture to pan.
• Cook, stirring, until chicken is fully cooked.

Steps:

• Combine flour and paprika in shallow dish. Sprinkle chicken with salt, dredge in flour mixture.
• Heat oil in large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add chicken to pan, cook 5 minutes each side until done. Remove chicken from pan, keep warm.
• Increase heat to medium high. Add shallots to pan, saute 1 minute.
• Stir in wine, broth and peppercorns. Bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 7 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Stir in butter. Serve over chicken.

Steps:

• Melt butter over very low heat. Remove from heat and allow to sit until sediment settles on the bottom. Strain carefully through several thicknesses of cheesecloth, discarding sediment.
• Line a 10-inch by 3-inch terrine with thin slices of the pork fat.
• Drain the raisins, reserving the liquid. Pat raisins dry on paper towel.
• Strain the milk from the livers. Place the livers in blender and with the power on slowly add warm clarified butter, processing until livers are pureed. Add the soaking liquid and process until smooth.
• Stir in all the remaining ingredients. Adjust seasonings.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared terrine; place the sprig of thyme on top and cover with pork fat.
• Place in a pan containing boiling water and place in 350-degree oven. Cook until the top is quite firm when pressed, about an hour to an hour and 10 minutes.
• Remove from hot water bath and cool. Refrigerate and chill completely.
• Slice when cold and serve. It is excellent with brioche toast.