Indulge in a culinary journey with our delectable Chicken Liver Pineau Pâté, a classic French appetizer that combines the richness of chicken livers with the fruity sweetness of Pineau des Charentes. Explore a collection of recipes that cater to various tastes and preferences, from the traditional Pineau Pâté to creative variations that incorporate succulent mushrooms, aromatic herbs, and tangy fruits. Discover the secrets to crafting the perfect pâté, from selecting the freshest ingredients to achieving the ideal texture and flavor balance. Elevate your next gathering or savor a delightful snack with our curated selection of Chicken Liver Pineau Pâté recipes.
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CHICKEN LIVER PâTé
Here's an easy chicken liver pâté recipe with shallots, garlic, brandy, capers and thyme, blended smooth to spread on bread or crackers. A hit at parties!
Provided by Elise Bauer
Categories Appetizer Snack Chicken Liver Liver Pate
Time 30m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Brown the butter: Heat 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large sauté pan on medium heat and let the butter brown, about 3 to 5 minutes. Do not let it burn.
- Add the capers, thyme, garlic, and anchovy paste: Once the livers have browned, add the capers, thyme, garlic, and anchovy paste if using, and sauté another minute.
- Purée in a food processor: Put the mixture into a food processor or blender and pulse a few times to combine. Add the remaining butter and the cream and purée. The mixture will look a little loose, but it will firm up in the fridge.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 108 kcal, Carbohydrate 1 g, Cholesterol 175 mg, Fiber 0 g, Protein 7 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 85 mg, Sugar 0 g, Fat 8 g, ServingSize Serves 16 as an appetizer, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
CHICKEN-LIVER PâTé
You could serve this chicken pâté as an appetizer at a dinner party, or simply as a light (really!) supper or a sandwich spread. It takes less than a half-hour to prepare, and it will firm up in the refrigerator in a few hours. Simply pack the mixture into a bowl or glass jar, cover and refrigerate.
Provided by Sam Sifton
Categories dinner, dips and spreads, appetizer, main course
Time 20m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Put a large, heavy sauté pan over medium heat, and melt 4 tablespoons of the butter until it begins to foam. Add the shallots, and sauté them until translucent, being careful not to allow them to brown. Add the livers, thyme and Madeira or port, and bring the heat to high. Cook, occasionally stirring the livers around in the pan with a spoon, until the wine has reduced and the livers are lightly browned but still very soft and pink on the inside, approximately 5 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the stove, and put its contents into a blender or food processor, along with the cream and the remaining butter. Purée until smooth, adding a little more cream if necessary. Taste and adjust seasoning, adding salt if necessary.
- Pack the pâté into a glass jar or bowl, then smooth the top with a spatula. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about two hours or up to five days. Serve with bacon-onion jam and copious amounts of toast.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 207, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 4 grams, Fat 16 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 10 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 225 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 1 gram
CHICKEN LIVER PATE: TERRINE DE FOIES DE VOLAILLE
Steps:
- In a bowl, soak the livers in the milk for 2 hours. Drain well.
- In a large saute pan or skillet, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the chicken livers, 1 tablespoon of the peppercorns, the bay leaves, thyme, salt, and pepper and cook, stirring, until the livers are browned on the outside and still slightly pink on the inside, about 5 minutes. Add the Cognac and cook until most of the liquid is evaporated and the livers are cooked through but still tender.
- Remove from the heat and let cool slightly. Discard the bay leaves.
- In a food processor, puree the liver mixture. Add the remaining butter in pieces and pulse to blend. Fold in the remaining 1 tablespoon peppercorns and adjust the seasoning, to taste.
- Pack the pate into 6 individual ramekins or small molds, about 4 ounces each. Cover with plastic and refrigerate until firm, at least 6 hours.
- To serve, place the ramekins on individual plates. Garnish the tops with parsley and surround with croutons. Serve with cornichons on the side.
CREAMY CHICKEN LIVER PâTé
French pâté is in fact easier to make than my grandmother's chopped liver, which called for rendering chicken fat. Here, you just soften onions in butter, cook the livers, cool, purée and refrigerate. You don't have to bother with soaking the livers in milk, a step found in many recipes. Season aggressively: you want to taste the pepper, the coriander, the brandy and even the allspice and clove. Finally, cook the liver quickly, over pretty high heat. What you want is to brown the outside while keeping the inside pink. This, perhaps, is another major difference between pâté and chopped liver, in which the livers are almost always cooked to death.
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories dips and spreads, appetizer
Time 3h20m
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a spice grinder or clean coffee grinder, combine peppercorns, allspice, clove and coriander seeds; grind until fine and set aside.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium-high heat; when foam subsides, add onion and cook until softened, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add livers to pan and sprinkle with salt; cook livers on one side until they begin to brown, about 2 minutes, then flip them and cook the other side. Be sure to keep heat relatively high so that the outside of livers sears and inside stays pink.
- Put onion, livers and their buttery juices into a food processor or blender with remaining butter, the cream, spices and brandy. Purée mixture until it is smooth; taste and adjust seasoning.
- Put pâté in a terrine or bowl, smooth top and put in refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours or until fully set. Serve pâté with bread or crackers.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 176, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams, Carbohydrate 3 grams, Fat 15 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 8 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 187 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams
CHICKEN LIVER PATE
This pate makes a delicious spread!! Serve with assorted crackers or toasted, thinly sliced bread.
Provided by MISS AMY
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Dips and Spreads Recipes Pate Recipes
Time 35m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in garlic, onion and chicken livers. Reduce heat to low, and simmer approximately 10 minutes, until chicken livers are tender and no longer pink.
- Place chicken liver mixture in a blender with dry sherry, cream cheese, hot sauce, salt and pepper. Blend until smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl, cover and chill in the refrigerator approximately 2 hours before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 66.1 calories, Carbohydrate 1.1 g, Cholesterol 62.9 mg, Fat 5.4 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 3.2 g, Sodium 70.2 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
BOURBON CHICKEN LIVER PâTé
Categories Bourbon Food Processor Herb Sauté Cocktail Party Quick & Easy Kentucky Derby Meat Chill Gourmet
Yield Makes 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Melt 1 stick butter in a large nonstick skillet over moderately low heat, then cook onion and garlic, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add herbs, salt, pepper, allspice, and livers and cook, stirring, until livers are cooked outside but still pink when cut open, about 8 minutes. Stir in bourbon and remove from heat. Purée mixture in a food processor until smooth, then transfer pâté to crock and smooth top.
- Melt remaining 1/2 stick butter in a very small heavy saucepan over low heat, then remove pan from heat and let butter stand 3 minutes. If using herb garnish, put sprig on top of pâté. Skim froth from butter, then spoon enough clarified butter over pâté to cover its surface, leaving milky solids in bottom of pan.
- Chill pâté until butter is firm, about 30 minutes, then cover with plastic wrap and chill at least 2 hours more.
CHICKEN LIVER & PINEAU PâTé
Pineau, is a sweet aperitif and is the star of this dish! Pineau de Charentes is a combination of cognac and freshly pressed juice from very ripe grapes. This product is very common in the Cognac region of France.. But really, it should be more well known because it has some great qualities and it differentiates itself from other wine based aperitifs. The production of Pineau des Charentes is relatively simple. Very ripe grapes are harvested and pressed to produce a sweet must. This is then blended, within a few hours, with cognac to halt any fermentation of the must. The cognac must be aged at least one year to be used in the production. Since, I love chicken livers - when I got this in the mail, I had to try it. However, we used sherry. There is one hour chilling time :( sorry! Recipe from Good Food Magazine, October 2005 edition.
Provided by Manami
Categories < 30 Mins
Time 20m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Rinse the chicken livers and cut away any dark patches and small stringy threads.
- Pat dry with kitchen towelling.
- Heat 25g (7/8 oz) of the butter in a frying pan until foaming, then add the lardons or bacon and fry until crisp.
- Add the garlic, chicken livers and thyme and fry briskly for about 5 mins, until they are evenly browned.
- They should be nicely browned on the outside, but pink inside
- and should feel squashy when pressed.
- Add the pineau, salt and pepper, then bubble for a few minutes
- Remove from the heat.
- Blitz the mixture in a food processor until smooth, then spoon into a jar or dish.
- Smooth the top.
- Melt the remaining butter, put an herb swig or bay leaf on top of the pâté and pour over the butter, leaving the sediment behind.
- Leave to cool, then chill until set.
- Serve spooned from the dish with toasted brioche a bowl of cornichons and a little sea salt.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 226.9, Fat 17.5, SaturatedFat 9.8, Cholesterol 323.1, Sodium 155.3, Carbohydrate 0.6, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 0.1, Protein 14.3
CHICKEN LIVER PâTé
James Martin's luxuriously rich dinner party starter can be made up to two days in advance for fuss-free entertaining - serve with toasted brioche, cornichons and chutney.
Provided by James Martin
Categories Starter
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat 1 tbsp of the butter in a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. When the butter is foaming, add the chicken livers and fry for 2 mins each side.
- Stir the crushed garlic, some of the thyme and Madeira into the pan with the livers. Fry for 2 mins, letting the Madeira simmer. Transfer the mixture to a food processor, reserve 200g of the butter and add the rest to the processor. Blend everything to a smooth paste. Season to taste, then spoon into 4 x 70ml clip-top jars.
- Melt the reserved butter in a medium frying pan and add the sliced garlic. Turn the garlic in the butter until slightly golden. Pour into the 4 jars of pâté, ensuring a few slices of garlic and the remaining thyme leaves go in each jar, and chill in the fridge for at least 4 hrs, or until set. Can be made up to 2 days in advance.
- Before serving, toast the brioche, then cut into triangular quarters for serving. Stir the diced apple through the chutney. Serve the pâté on small wooden boards with the toasted brioche, cornichons and chutney.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 539 calories, Fat 43 grams fat, SaturatedFat 25 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 16 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 4 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 20 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium
Tips and Conclusion
Tips:
- To ensure the liver is cooked evenly, slice it thinly against the grain.
- Sear the liver in a hot pan to create a nice crust and prevent it from becoming tough.
- Use a combination of olive oil and butter to add flavor and prevent the liver from sticking to the pan.
- Add the shallots, garlic, and mushrooms to the pan and cook until softened.
- Deglaze the pan with Pineau des Charentes to add a sweet and fruity flavor.
- Add the cream and chicken stock to the pan and simmer until the sauce has thickened.
- Season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste.
- Garnish the dish with parsley or chives.
Conclusion:
This recipe for Chicken Liver Pineau des Charentes is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a special occasion. The liver is seared until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the sauce is rich and flavorful. This dish is sure to impress your guests.
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