**Calf's Liver with Shallots and Wine Vinegar Sauce: A Classic French Dish with a Modern Twist**
Calf's liver is a classic French dish that has been enjoyed for centuries. It is a versatile meat that can be cooked in a variety of ways, but one of the most popular methods is to pan-fry it with shallots and a wine vinegar sauce. This dish is simple to prepare and can be ready in under 30 minutes, making it a great option for a weeknight meal. The liver is tender and flavorful, and the shallots and wine vinegar sauce add a delicious tangy flavor. This recipe also includes instructions for making a creamy mashed potato side dish, which is the perfect accompaniment to the liver. If you are looking for a new and exciting way to cook calf's liver, this recipe is definitely worth trying.
SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER WITH FIG-CHINESE VINEGAR SYRUP
Steps:
- Pre-heat hot a large, thick skillet. Season the liver with salt and green peppercorn. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter and sear the liver until brown on both sides, about 8-10 minutes. I prefer my liver medium. Place livers on warm plates. Place skillet back on the heat, add shallots and brown, about 3-5 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper. Add figs and sautee for 1 minute. Deglaze with the vinegars and reduce by 50%. Whisk in butter and check for seasoning. Reserve in a water bath.
CALF'S LIVER WITH PORT WINE SAUCE
Provided by Christine Swanson
Categories Beef Sauté Quick & Easy Bacon Port Fall Bon Appétit
Yield Serves 2
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cook bacon in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Transfer bacon to paper towel to drain. Discard all but 2 tablespoons fat from pan. Crumble bacon.
- Combine flour, salt, pepper and thyme in shallow dish. Add liver and turn to coat; shake off excess. Heat fat in skillet over medium-high heat. Add liver and cook until tender and brown on both sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer liver to plate; cover with foil and keep warm. Add onion to skillet and sauté until golden, about 5 minutes. Mix in broth, Port and vinegar. Boil mixture until reduced to sauce, about 2 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over liver. Sprinkle with bacon and serve.
SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER WITH RED WINE VINEGAR
Categories Sauté Quick & Easy Vinegar Meat Bon Appétit
Yield Makes 2 servings; can be doubled
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Sprinkle liver with salt and pepper; dust with flour. Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add liver and sauté until crisp and golden, about 3 minutes per side for medium. Transfer liver to plates. Add garlic to skillet; stir 30 seconds. Add broth and vinegar and boil 1 minute, scraping up browned bits. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over liver; sprinkle with parsley.
CALVES LIVER WITH BACON, SAUTEED ONIONS, AND MUSTARD SAUCE
Steps:
- Fry bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels and reserve.
- Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a medium skillet over moderate heat. Cook shallots with salt until soft and nearly golden, about 3 minutes. Add cooked bacon, stirring briefly to rewarm. Add vinegar, turn the heat to high and reduce by half. Add stock and reduce again by half. Break remaining butter into small pieces and whisk into sauce until smooth. Whisk in mustard and remove from heat.
- Preheat grill or a dry skillet. Season liver with salt and pepper. Grill or saute in melted butter over high heat, about 3 minutes per side.
- Arrange liver over a bed of Sauteed Onions on individual serving plates and spoon on sauce. Serve immediately.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over high heat. Reduce heat. Saute onions with salt, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
CALF'S LIVER WITH SHALLOT AND WINE PAN SAUCE
I can't resist a piece of calf's liver when I see it-all too infrequently-in the meat counter. It's even better if you get it from a considerate butcher who will cut an even-sized 1/4-inch slice and spare you the finicky job of removing the outside membrane. Liver in a winey sauce is particularly good on a cold winter night; somehow I always feel my red corpuscles are strengthened by its rich meatiness. I like it with some potatoes alongside. If you have a couple of cooked potatoes, you can brown them in a little butter while the liver cooks, or if you don't have them on hand, try grating a medium raw potato through the coarse holes of a grinder and make a quick potato pancake.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Sprinkle the flour and a pinch of salt on a piece of wax paper. Dredge the liver, cut into two pieces if it is large, in the flour. Heat 1 teaspoon of the butter in a small heavy skillet over moderately high heat. When it starts to sizzle, drop the liver into the pan. Sauté quickly, still over quite high heat, for about 1 minute on each side, then remove to a plate. Clean out the burned butter left in the pan, let the pan cool a little, and melt the remaining butter over moderate heat. Toss in the shallot. Cook, stirring, until it softens, and splash a little wine into the pan. Let it reduce quickly and then add another splash and return the liver to the pan. Cook to warm through. Check to see if the liver is done to your liking by cutting into a piece; I like it still rosy. Salt and pepper the liver lightly, remove to a warm plate, spooning the shallot and pan sauce over it, and sprinkle parsley on top.
- I find the usual supermarket-packaged piece of liver too big for me so I set aside a piece, about 2 ounces, to make an unusual and delicious pasta (see page 182).
SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER WITH MUSTARD-SHALLOT SAUCE
Make and share this Sauteed Calf's Liver With Mustard-Shallot Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Irmgard
Categories Beef Organ Meats
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Rinse the liver; pat dry with paper towels.
- Season both sides with salt and pepper.
- Pour the flour onto a plate and dredge each liver on both sides, shaking off the excess.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat.
- When the oil is hot, lay the liver slices in the pan.
- Sear 3 to 4 minutes; carefully turn.
- Sear another 3 minutes or to desired doneness; transfer to a plate and keep warm.
- In the same skillet over medium heat, melt the butter.
- Add the shallots; cook, stirring, 3 minutes.
- Add the vinegar; cook until almost evaporated, 2 minutes.
- Add the wine; cook, stirring, 3 minutes.
- Add the stock; cook until almost evaporated, 4 minutes.
- Stir in the cream and simmer until reduced by half, about 6 minutes.
- Stir in the mustard, parsley and tarragon.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Divide the liver slices among 4 warmed plates and spoon the sauce evenly over the top.
CALF'S LIVER WITH RED WINE SAUCE
This is a very tasty way to do liver. Also a very easy recipe to make. The marinating time of 30 minutes is not included.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Beef Organ Meats
Time 14m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a shallow baking dish, combine well the wine, vinegar, garlic, sage and season to taste.
- Add liver, turning to coat.
- Let marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- In a large skillet, cook bacon over moderate heat, stirring, until crisp and transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towel to drain.
- Drain liver from marinade and reserve marinade.
- Pat liver dry.
- Heat bacon fat over moderately-high heat until hot but not smoking.
- Add liver and saute, turning once, for 2 minutes, or until it is brown outside and still pink within.
- Transfer to a heated platter.
- Add marinade to skillet and boil over high heat, scraping up brown bits, until it is reduced by half.
- Strain pan juices through a fine sieve over the liver and sprinkle bacon and parsley over.
- In my home, we always had broccoli when we had liver (this cause me much grief as a child, but I grew to love it.) Oven-roasted broccoli and asparagus would be great here.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 286.4, Fat 8.8, SaturatedFat 3, Cholesterol 395.2, Sodium 169.3, Carbohydrate 8.5, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 0.4, Protein 30.1
CALF'S LIVER WITH CARAMELIZED APPLES
Provided by Pierre Franey
Categories dinner, weekday, sauces and gravies, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Sprinkle the liver with salt and pepper. Dredge the slices in flour and shake off excess. Set aside.
- Cut each apple into quarters. Cut away and discard the core and skin of each quarter. Cut quarters into thin slices. There should be about 5 cups.
- Heat one tablespoon of the butter in a skillet and add apple slices. Cook over relatively high heat, shaking skillet and stirring, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with brown sugar and continue cooking, redistributing the apple pieces, about 5 minutes. When cooked, apples should be caramelized; very little liquid should be left in pan.
- Heat oil in a skillet large enough to hold the liver pieces in one layer.
- Add liver and cook over high heat about 1 1/2 minutes to each side or until nicely browned all over. Transfer pieces to hot serving dish and surround with apples.
- Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and the shallots to the skillet in which the apples cooked. Cook briefly, stirring, and add vinegar. Bring to the boil and pour sauce over the liver. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 319, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 31 grams, Fat 18 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 568 milligrams, Sugar 21 grams, TransFat 0 grams
SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Beef Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Place liver in a nonreactive (ceramic or glass) bowl and pour milk over. Refrigerate, covered, 5 to 6 hours.
- In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. When butter is shimmering, add onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue to cook, stirring more frequently until onions are very soft and brown, 30 to 40 minutes more.
- Drain liver and discard milk. Pat liver dry with paper towels.
- Spread flour on a plate and season with salt and pepper. Thoroughly coat liver with the flour mixture, shaking off excess.
- Heat a large (13-inch) saute pan over medium heat and add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and the oil and heat until shimmering. Cook (in batches, if necessary, to avoid crowding pan) until liver is firm (but not hard) and browned on the outside but still slightly pink in the center, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining liver, adding more oil to the pan as necessary. Add sage and cook for 1 minute more.
- Divide liver among plates and top with onions.
Tips:
- Choose high-quality ingredients: Select fresh calf's liver, shallots, and white wine vinegar for the best flavor.
- Soak the liver in milk: This helps to remove any impurities and mellows the flavor of the liver.
- Slice the liver thinly: This ensures that it cooks evenly and quickly.
- Season the liver well: Use salt, pepper, and garlic powder to enhance the flavor.
- Cook the liver over medium heat: This prevents it from becoming tough and overcooked.
- Add the shallots and wine vinegar sauce: This adds a delicious tangy flavor to the liver.
- Serve the liver immediately: This ensures that it is still tender and juicy.
Conclusion:
Calf's liver with shallots and wine vinegar sauce is a classic French dish that is both delicious and easy to make. By following these tips, you can create a dish that is sure to impress your friends and family. Serve it with mashed potatoes or rice, and enjoy a flavorful and satisfying meal.
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