Liver Croûtes

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Le Caprice

By AA Gill and Mark Hix

Published 1999

  • About

Game birds are rarely, sold with the livers in these days. If you buy your game from a specialist butcher or game dealer then ask for the livers to be kept.

Ingredients

  • livers from the bird, cleaned
  • 120 g chicken livers, cleaned
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1

Method

Season both of the livers with salt and pepper.

Heat the butter in a frying-pan until foaming, add the livers and cook for a minute on each side on a high heat.

Add the cognac to the pan and remove from the heat, don’t be alarmed if the livers ignite, this is just the alcohol burning off the cognac.

Blend the livers briefly in a food-processor, the mixture should be a li