Photo: Lily Banse
Luxury chicken liver pâté
18 ingredients
30 min
Serves 4
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This is the perfect Christmas day starter using chicken livers, a wonderful low cost yet luxury ingredient.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1122
Calories
51g
Protein
37g
Fat
144g
Carbs
Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken Liver | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Sourdough | 1 slice (36g) | 93 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Allspice | 1 tsp ground (1.9g) | 5 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Brandy | not in our table | 0 |
| Mace | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 shallots
- 3 sprigs thyme
- 1 garlic
- pinch freshly grated nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- 1 orange
- and freshly ground sea saltblack pepper
- 400g/14oz chicken livers
- 50ml/2fl oz brandy
- 100ml/3½fl oz double cream
- 120g/4½oz unsalted butter
- 80g/3oz unsalted butter
- pinch ground mace
- ½ orange
- 2 sprigs thyme
- slices toasted sourdough bread
- 20 cornichon pickles
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
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