Description
Yum! Keeps up to 2 months frozen.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, divided
- 1 onion, quartered
- 1 tart apple – peeled, cored, and quartered
- 1 pound chicken livers, rinsed and trimmed
- ¼ cup brandy
- 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
Instructions
- 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.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 16