**Savory and Succulent: A Culinary Journey into Sautéed Calf’s Liver with Onions and Capers**
Prepare to tantalize your taste buds with a classic culinary delight – sautéed calf’s liver with onions and capers. This exquisite dish, steeped in tradition, offers a symphony of flavors that will leave you craving for more. Indulge in the velvety texture of the liver, expertly cooked to retain its tenderness, while the caramelized onions and tangy capers add a perfect balance of sweetness and acidity. Join us on a culinary adventure as we explore the art of creating this timeless dish, with three enticing recipes to satisfy every palate.
**Recipe 1: Sautéed Calf’s Liver with Onions and Capers (Classic)**
This classic recipe forms the foundation of this delectable dish. Experience the harmonious blend of sautéed calf’s liver, aromatic onions, and briny capers, all brought together by a rich and flavorful sauce.
**Recipe 2: Sautéed Calf’s Liver with Bacon and Apples**
For those who enjoy a smoky and sweet twist, this variation incorporates crispy bacon and tart apples. The bacon adds a delightful savory element, while the apples bring a refreshing crunch and a touch of sweetness that perfectly complements the liver.
**Recipe 3: Pan-Fried Calf’s Liver with Garlic and Herbs**
This recipe showcases the natural flavors of calf’s liver, pan-fried to perfection with aromatic garlic and a medley of fresh herbs. The result is a simple yet elegant dish that allows the liver’s delicate flavor to shine through.
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.
CALF'S LIVER WITH BACON, CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND SHERRY
Steps:
- In a large glass baking dish, add liver and milk and let soak for 20 minutes.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, add bacon and butter and cook until fat has rendered, about 6 minutes. Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain and reserve 3 tablespoons fat in skillet. Reserve remaining fat.
- Cook onions with salt and pepper, to taste, in bacon fat in skillet over moderate heat for 10 minutes or until caramelized. Transfer onions to a bowl and add bacon. Set aside.
- Pat liver dry and discard milk. In a large zip-top bag, add flour, Essence, salt and pepper. Working in batches, add liver and shake to coat. Set aside on baking sheet until ready to cook.
- Add 2 tablespoons reserved bacon fat to skillet over high heat and add liver; cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Turn liver over, remove pan from heat, add sherry and beef broth, return pan to heat and shake and flambe. Cook on second side for about 2 minutes or until cooked through. Serve liver with pan sauce, topped with onions and bacon.
- Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
- Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch, published by William Morrow, 1993.
ABSOLUTE BEST LIVER AND ONIONS
This recipe will turn liver haters into converts. Very simple! The three things that will set your liver above all others are: 1) soak in milk, 2)turn liver as little as possible and 3) don't overcook!
Provided by JSHULER43
Categories Everyday Cooking
Time 45m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Gently rinse liver slices under cold water, and place in a medium bowl. Pour in enough milk to cover. Let stand while preparing onions. (I like to soak up to an hour or two - whatever you have time for.) This step is SO important in taking the bitter taste of the liver out.
- Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Separate onion rings, and saute them in butter until soft. Remove onions, and melt remaining butter in the skillet. Season the flour with salt and pepper, and put it in a shallow dish or on a plate. Drain milk from liver, and coat slices in the flour mixture.
- When the butter has melted, turn the heat up to medium-high, and place the coated liver slices in the pan. Cook until nice and brown on the bottom. Turn, and cook on the other side until browned. Add onions, and reduce heat to medium. Cook a bit longer to taste. Our family prefers the liver to just barely retain a pinkness on the inside when you cut to check. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 687 calories, Carbohydrate 74.2 g, Cholesterol 577.9 mg, Fat 20.7 g, Fiber 4.4 g, Protein 48.9 g, SaturatedFat 10.7 g, Sodium 308.7 mg, Sugar 11.2 g
CALF'S LIVER WITH CAPERS
Provided by Pierre Franey
Categories dinner, main course
Time 10m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Sprinkle the liver slices with salt and pepper, and dredge the slices in flour. Shake off the excess.
- Heat the oil in a nonstick skillet large enough to hold the slices in one layer. Add the slices and cook about 1 1/2 minutes on one side. Turn them over and cook about 1 1/2 minutes on the other side.
- Transfer the slices to a warm platter and wipe the skillet.
- Heat the butter until it starts to brown slightly. Add the capers and cook about 1 minute over relatively high heat. Add the tomatoes and cook about 30 seconds. Add the vinegar and stir. Pour the sauce over the liver and sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 220, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 7 grams, Fat 18 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 230 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams
SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER WITH ONIONS AND CAPERS
Provided by Pierre Franey
Categories dinner, main course
Time 35m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Trim away and discard any tough membranes in the liver slices. Cut the slices into thin strips about a quarter of an inch wide. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and set aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a small heavy skillet and add the onions. Cook, stirring often, over moderately high heat about 10 minutes or until onions are golden brown. Reduce heat as necessary. Do not allow the onions to burn or they will be bitter.
- When the onions are almost ready, heat a wide, heavy skillet and add two tablespoons of the corn oil. When hot and almost smoking, add half of the liver strips. Cook over high heat, turning the liver pieces so that they cook evenly. Cook about three minutes. Scoop out the pieces and transfer them to a warm serving dish.
- Heat the remaining two tablespoons of corn oil. When it is very hot, add remaining liver strips. Cook as before. Remove the liver and add to the initial batch.
- Pour off all fat from the skillet and wipe it out thoroughly. Return the skillet to the heat and add the butter and capers. Cook, shaking the skillet and stirring, about one minute. Add the liver and onions. Stir to blend well.
- Cook until thoroughly hot. Sprinkle with the vinegar and toss about 15 seconds. Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with chopp edparsley and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 365, UnsaturatedFat 20 grams, Carbohydrate 8 grams, Fat 32 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 12 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 373 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams
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.
SAUTEED CALVES LIVER WITH BACON, ONION AND MAYTAG BLUE CHEESE TART
Provided by Michael Symon : Food Network
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat olive oil in medium skillet over medium high heat. Lightly flour liver and place in pan and sear for 5 seconds and flip. Add arugula and garlic and quickly saute Deglaze with balsamic vinegar and serve over onion tart, recipe follows.
- For the Tart: Render diced bacon until crispy. Add butter, onion, rosemary and cook until tender. Season with salt and pepper. Roll out dough and plate filling in middle and top with blue cheese. Fold over edges and bake in a preheated 500 degree oven until golden brown, approximately 10 to 12 minutes. Serve with calves liver.
SAUTEED CALVES LIVER
Make and share this sauteed calves liver recipe from Food.com.
Provided by chia2160
Categories Beef Organ Meats
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- fry bacon in frying pan until crisp, remove to paper towels.
- add onions, saute until brown, remove.
- lightly flour liver, salt& pepper to taste, saute 3 minutes per side, don't overcook.
- remove and deglaze pan w/balsamic vinegar, add all ingredients back to pan to blend flavors.
SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER WITH ONIONS AND APPLES
Provided by Moira Hodgson
Categories dinner, one pot, main course
Time 1h
Yield 2 to 3 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat two tablespoons of olive oil in a large frying pan. Add onion and cook it slowly over low heat, uncovered, with garlic, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper. The onion should take about 45 minutes to become tender and almost caramelized. Do not let it burn.
- Meanwhile, saute apples in butter until lightly brown. Set aside and keep warm.
- Remove the onion from frying pan and keep warm. Add remaining olive oil (a little more if necessary) and saute liver quickly on both sides (about three minutes altogether) in order for it to be pink. Add the wine and over high heat scrape up the cooking juices. Put liver onto a serving dish with onions and top with apple. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 464, UnsaturatedFat 16 grams, Carbohydrate 27 grams, Fat 27 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 24 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 809 milligrams, Sugar 15 grams, TransFat 1 gram
SAUTEED BEEF LIVER WITH ONIONS & PEPPERS
The secret to tender liver is to remove as much membrane as possible and to not overcook it (it should still be pink inside).
Provided by MMers
Categories Beef Organ Meats
Time 35m
Yield 2-3 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Remove all visible membranes from liver.
- Slice liver into thin strips.
- Set aside.
- In a heavy frying pan, heat one tbsp of the oil on medium, saute onions and red pepper for about 5 minutes.
- Remove from pan and keep warm.
- Combine flour and herbs.
- Dredge liver in flour mixture.
- Heat remaining oil in same frying pan on medium-high.
- Saute liver slices quickly for about 3 minutes or until brown on the outside but still pink inside.
- DO NOT OVERCOOK.
- Add cooked vegetables to pan.
- Stir to combine.
- Serve immediately.
SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER SMOTHERED WITH ONIONS
Provided by Matthew Reichel
Categories Beef Onion Sauté Fall Bon Appétit
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Combine flour, salt, and pepper in medium bowl. Coat liver with seasoned flour, shaking off excess. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté liver in 2 batches until cooked to desired doneness, about 1 1/2 minutes per side for medium. Transfer liver to plate; tent with foil.
- Melt butter in same skillet over medium-high heat. Add beer and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Add onions; simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Divide liver among 4 plates. Top with onions.
CALF'S LIVER, ONIONS, BALSAMIC VINEGAR & PANCETTA SAUTE
A Mario Batali recipe. He has a lot of liver recipes and I think I have posted them all. This recipe sounds very interesting and I can't wait to try it.
Provided by Manami
Categories Beef Organ Meats
Time 50m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- In a large skillet, heat 1/4 cup of the olive oil over medium heat.
- Add the onions and cook slowly until caramelized.
- Use a slotted spoon and remove to a bowl.
- Place the pancetta on a baking sheet and cook in the oven until crisp, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Transfer to paper towels to drain.
- Combine the vinegar, sugar and wine in a 6-quart saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Add the turnips and cook for 5 minutes, or until tender.
- Remove the turnips and drain.
- In a clean skillet, heat the remaining 1/4 cup of olive oil.
- Dredge the liver in the seasoned flour, and add half of the slices to the skillet.
- Cook the liver, undisturbed, over moderately high heat until dark brown, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Transfer to a platter.
- Add the balsamic vinegar and caramelized onions to the skillet and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
- Return the liver to the skillet and cook for a minute, then add the parsley.
- Transfer the liver and sauce to a platter, top with the pancetta and turnip halves and serve.
- Serve with brown rice and biscuits.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 652.1, Fat 32.8, SaturatedFat 5.5, Cholesterol 377.4, Sodium 218.3, Carbohydrate 50.2, Fiber 4.5, Sugar 35.8, Protein 25
CALVES' LIVER WITH BACON AND CAPERS
The bacon and capers in the cream sauce break up the richness of the calves liver.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Beef Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large baking dish, add liver and milk. Let liver soak, covered in the refrigerator, for at least 2 hours and no more than 24 hours.
- In a large cast-iron skillet, sauté bacon over medium-high heat until fat is rendered, about 5 minutes. Remove bacon from skillet. Drain off almost all the fat, and place skillet over medium heat. Add onion, and cook until caramelized, about 6 minutes. Add bacon back to skillet with capers, sage, salt, and pepper. Deglaze with wine, and cook for 2 minutes, loosening any brown bits from the bottom of the pan with a spoon. Add stock, and cook until heated through. Pour in cream, and stir to combine.
- Remove liver from milk, dredge liver in flour, and season with salt and pepper. In a cast-iron skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Cook liver for 3 minutes on each side for medium rare. Serve liver topped with cream sauce and sprinkled with parsley.
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 AND ONIONS
I think this dish has an undeserved reputation. When it's cooked up nice and crisp it's really wonderful. I had kids eating this like crazy, because I didn't tell them what it was!
Provided by MizzNezz
Categories Beef Organ Meats
Time 20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Cut liver in small serving size pieces.
- Salt and pepper pieces.
- In a 12 inch skillet heat vegetable oil.
- Make sure it is good and hot (I use medium high).
- Lightly roll pieces in flour.
- Saute in hot oil till brown on one side, turn and brown the other side.
- About 4 minutes per side.
- Remove from skillet and keep warm.
- Add onions to skillet and fry about 5 minutes till crisp tender.
- Put onions over liver and serve.
Tips:
- Choose the right liver: Look for a liver that is firm and has a deep red color. Avoid livers that are slimy or have a green tinge.
- Soak the liver in milk: This will help to remove any impurities and make the liver more tender.
- Slice the liver thinly: This will help it to cook evenly.
- Season the liver well: Use a combination of salt, pepper, garlic, and onion powder to season the liver.
- Cook the liver over medium-high heat: This will help to sear the outside of the liver while keeping the inside tender.
- Do not overcook the liver: Overcooked liver is tough and chewy. Cook the liver for just a few minutes per side, or until it is cooked through.
- Serve the liver immediately: Liver is best served hot. Serve it with a side of mashed potatoes, roasted vegetables, or a salad.
Conclusion:
Sautéed calf's liver with onions and capers is a classic dish that is both flavorful and easy to make. By following the tips above, you can ensure that your sautéed liver is tender, juicy, and delicious. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy weeknight meal, give sautéed calf's liver a try!
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