Liver Pate

Description

A great appetizer for New Year’s Day and the Rose Bowl Parade. Serve with thinly sliced brown bread, rye crisp, crackers or chips.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups water
  • 1 pound chicken liver
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • 3 tablespoons cooking sherry
  • ¾ cup butter, softened
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground mace

Instructions

  1. In a medium saucepan
  2. combine water
  3. chicken livers
  4. and sliced onion. Bring to a boil
  5. reduce heat to low
  6. and cover. Simmer for about 20 minutes
  7. or until liver is cooked and tender. Remove from heat
  8. drain
  9. and discard onions. Also remove and discard any hard portions of the liver.
  10. Place cooked livers in a blender or food processor
  11. and process until smooth. Add chopped onion
  12. sherry
  13. butter or margarine
  14. salt
  15. black pepper
  16. and mace; pulse to blend. With hands lightly greased
  17. form pate mixture into a mound
  18. and place on a serving platter. Chill for 1 hour before serving.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Servings: 16

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