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Fried calves' liver with straw fries, onion rings and cavolo nero
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Fried calves' liver with straw fries, onion rings and cavolo nero

19 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

A tasty meal of calves’ livers fried in butter, deep-fried onion rings, chips and a quick but classy brandy mustard sauce.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

457
Calories
8g
Protein
26g
Fat
54g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Liver not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Brandy 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

  • 4 x 150g/5½oz slices calves' livers
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 50g/1¾oz butter
  • 600g/1lb 5oz potatoes
  • , for deep-frying vegetable oil
  • , to taste salt
  • 100g/3½oz cornflour
  • 150ml/5½fl oz sparkling water
  • 2 small onions
  • 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
  • 1 head cavolo nero
  • 2 tbsp brandy
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tsp Dijon mustard
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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