Nourishing Traditions talks about eating liver because it is a source of vitamins. I also like the idea of using all the animal, so I've been saving and freezing liver from the chickens as we kill them, and I also froze the liver from the steer we had killed. Only problem was that I don't like the taste.... at all. I've tried putting the minced liver into spaghetti bolognaise and putting chunks of liver into beef casserole. Pete doesn't mind it, but I hate it!
As a last resort I decided to try making pate after reading about it in Frugavore. I used the recipes in this link. I love eating bought pate, but I stopped buying because it often contains colours, msg and vegetable oils. My pate contains liver, garlic, shallots, fresh herbs and wine or sherry, oh and lots of butter. And I suppose you can make anything taste nice if you mix it with butter, wine and herbs! The pate that I made tastes just like the bought stuff, YUM!!!
I made heaps, and strangely, Pete doesn't like liver in this form, so its lucky that I can freeze it in small portions and eat it gradually.
How do you like your liver?
As a last resort I decided to try making pate after reading about it in Frugavore. I used the recipes in this link. I love eating bought pate, but I stopped buying because it often contains colours, msg and vegetable oils. My pate contains liver, garlic, shallots, fresh herbs and wine or sherry, oh and lots of butter. And I suppose you can make anything taste nice if you mix it with butter, wine and herbs! The pate that I made tastes just like the bought stuff, YUM!!!
I made heaps, and strangely, Pete doesn't like liver in this form, so its lucky that I can freeze it in small portions and eat it gradually.
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| chicken liver pate on the left and beef liver pate on the right |
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I didn't realise you could make pate with beef liver. Pate is the only way I'll eat liver and I love it! I need to make some now...
ReplyDeleteI still don't think I can come at pate . You are far braver than me , Liz!
ReplyDeleteThough we try and use up everything else on the animal ...it is amazing how long a beast lasts in the freezer when you are cooking every single bit!
yes, especially when you eat all the good bits first! I think the dogs will be sharing the liver, we just can't get through it all...
DeleteI'm behind in reading your blog... so now I'm reading it completely out of order. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHubba loves pate and both chicken and beef livers. I'm feeling very fortunate to have read this post today, since Hubba announced a few days ago that he wants to make his own.
Thank you very much. :-)
I hope you all enjoy making and eating your own fresh pate!
ReplyDeleteCatching up on old posts. I cook beef liver and feed it to my chickens in the winter. Great source of protein when winter temps keep the bugs and worms in hiding.
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