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- Course: Appetizer, Hors D'oeuvre
- Skill Level: Moderate
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Favorited: 20 Times
Can be made ahead of time.
Chicken Liver Mousse
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Recipe
Mousse de Foies de Volaille
The following mousse may be packed into a decorative jar and used as a spread for cocktail appetizers, or molded in aspic for an hors d’oeuvre. It is easy to make in an electric blender; if you do not have one, purée the liver in a meat grinder or food mill.
Yield :
About 2 cups
Ingredients
- 1 lb or about 2 cups chicken livers
- 2 Tb minced shallots or green onions
- 2 Tb butter
- 1/3 cup Madeira or cognac
- ¼ cup whipping cream
- ½ tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp allspice
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- Pinch of thyme
- ½ cup (4 ounces) melted butter
- Salt and pepper
Equipment:
- A skillet
- An electric blender
- A fairly fine-meshed sieve
- A wooden spoon
- A decorative bowl or jar
- Waxed paper
Directions
Look the livers over and remove any greenish or blackish spots. Cut the livers into ½-inch pieces.
Sauté with the shallots or green onions in hot butter for 2 to 3 minutes, until the livers are just stiffened, but still rosy inside. Scrape into the blender jar.
Pour the wine or cognac into the sauté pan and boil it down rapidly until it has reduced to 3 tablespoons. Scrape it into the blender jar.
Add the cream and seasonings to the blender jar. Cover and blend at top speed for several seconds until the liver is a smooth paste.
Then add the melted butter and blend several seconds more.
Force the mixture through the sieve and taste carefully for seasoning.
Pack into the bowl or jar, cover with waxed paper, and chill for 2 to 3 hours before unmolding.
© 1961, 1983, 2001 Alfred A. Knopf
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving (% daily value)
Nutritional information is based on 16 servings and includes 1/8 teaspoon of added salt.
117kcal (6%)
8mg (1%)
5mg (9%)
999mcg RAE (33%)
76mg
6mg
5g
0g
0g
1g
121mg (40%)
77mg (3%)
6g (29%)
10g (15%)
3mg (14%)
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