Recipes

Ingredients for 6 people :

- 350 gr [12 oz]
chicken livers
- 2 eggs
- 5 Tbspoons
sour cream
- 2 shallots
- 50 gr [2 oz] butter
- 5 cl [1.7 fl oz] cognac
- salt & pepper.

Recipe :

1- With a very sharp little knife, take nerves and
grease off from the livers and cut them in halves ;
mince the shallots.
2- Heat the butter in a non-stick pan, gently fry
the minced shallots in it for 2 minutes, then add
the livers with salt and pepper for 5 minutes.
Deglaze** with the cognac and take off from flame.
3- In a electric mixer, blend the livers with the eggs
until the mixture is smooth ; add the cream and adjust seasonning.
4- Evenly share the preparation into ramekins ;
bake in a bain-marie* in a preheated oven at 150°C /
300°F for 30 minutes.
5- Let cool down, then totally refrigerate before serving.

Serve with toasts and French gherkins ("Cornichons").
Use tomatoes for decoration.