Chicken liver pate no onions or related products

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schedulePrep 10 min whatshotCook 20 min restaurantServes 4

Chicken liver pate without onions

It helps to think of pate as flavored butter really . . .

A chicken liver pate without the onions or related products. Also without the usual suspect substitutes . . . Inspired by a visit to Halcombe, NZ. Impossible according to some, but try it for yourself.

Ingredients
  • 1 pound of fresh chicken livers
  • 1 pound of butter
  • 2 or 3 hardboiled eggs
  • 2 small/medium freshly grated carrots (or 1 big one)
  • 1 small tart(ish) apple cut to small pieces
  • 2 or 3 freshly grated garlic cloves
  • 1 heaped tb of soft soaked fenugreek seeds
  • 3 ts of dried thyme
  • big slug of port
  • slug of bourbon
  • salt & pepper
Method
  1. Hardboil eggs, Grate carrot, garlic, cut apple
  2. Put large amount of butter in frying pan, medium heat + bay leaves, carrot, garlic, apple
  3. After a few minutes, make room and add the chicken livers, sautee for about 5 minutes
  4. Add more butter, fenugreek, thyme, salt, pepper, sautee for a few more minutes
  5. Add more butter, port & bourbon, let it all sit on a low heat for a few more minutes
  6. In a bowl or baking dish, put in the peeled eggs + everything from the pan, put the rest of the butter in the pan, turn off heat
  7. Let the pate cool for about 1/2 hour
  8. Melt the leftover butter and pout over the pate, cover and put in fridge
Tip: fresh thyme is of course also very good, more butter is more better. Cognac, or armagnac also works of course