400gm Organic Chicken livers.
About 3 slices of organic bacon ((actually, I wouldn’t use bacon at all these days – I would just delete it from this recipe to avoid the nitrates and excessive white salt)).
Clove or two of garlic to taste.
Generous splash of marsala wine
Organic Butter – clarified if dairy is a problem.
Serves 2.
- Melt the butter in a frying pan and gently fry the garlic for a minute or two.
- Cut the chicken livers into two, cutting out any dodgy looking bits, and add to pan along with chopped up bacon.
- Fry very gently for about 5 minutes until nearly done, but still pink on the inside
- Add a generous splash of marsala wine and a little salt.
- Cook for a minute or two longer.
- Eat.
To cook liver at home successfully means cooking it gently. If it is cooked over too high a heat, then it tends to go hard and rather unpleasant. This also happens if cooked for too long.
Of all the meats, it is very important to use organic liver since the liver is the organ of detoxification in all mammals. Liver is very cheap, very good for us – and sometimes frustratingly difficult to get in organic form.
This recipe is adapted from Nigel Slater’s book ‘Real Fast Food’. I cooked it as above when cooking the recipe from memory.
Thank you, I’ve been looking for this recipe. I’ve been looking for this recipe for
a very long time. My mother rarely wrote
Out the recipes she made at the drop of a hat. They were served at lunch, dinner to us (kid’s), appetizers when there were guests, During cocktails, late night snacks,
You name it. I think she must have found it in her collection of Gourmet magazines, she which got every month. Our local Pharmacy purchased them for at least six ladies in the neighborhood, as in Canada they did not provide for those who wanted to have a subscription, at that time.
I hope others will enjoy this recipe.
My mother personalized the recipe, or it was in the original recipe: she always added Tarragon . It was fried along with the bacon. Some may not like Tarragon so
Be careful how much you use. The bacon was cut up in thin pieces, before being added to the fry pan.
Good luck!