Chicken Livers à l'Italienne

Ingredients

• 6 or 8 chicken livers
• 1 even tablespoonful seasoning salt
• 1/2 ounce butter
• 2 tablespoonfuls fine-chopped onion
• 1/2 clove of bruised garlic
• 1/2 pint of fine-chopped mushrooms
• 1/2 ounce butter
• 1/2 tablespoonful flour
• 1 gill of meat broth or stock
• 1 gill of boiling water
• 1/2 teaspoonful beef extract

Method

1. 1

   Wash and wipe chicken livers, cut into slices, season with salt.

2. 2

   Heat butter in a saucepan, add onion and garlic, cook for 5 minutes.

3. 3

   Add mushrooms and livers, cook slowly for 10 minutes.

4. 4

   In another saucepan, melt butter, add flour, stir and cook for 2 minutes.

5. 5

   Add broth or stock, cook for 5 minutes, then add to livers and cook a few minutes longer.

6. 6

   Serve on a heated dish with fried bread.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from European and American cuisine (1914) by Lemcke, Mrs. Gesine Knubel, page 262. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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