Crostini of Chicken Livers

Ingredients

• 12 chicken livers
• Salt
• pepper
• 2 tablespoons fat ham, minced
• 1 scallion, minced
• 2-3 mushrooms
• 1/2 teaspoon minced parsley
• 1/2 small carrot, minced
• 1/2 celery stalk, minced
• 1 teaspoon bread crumbs
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• Meat broth, heated
• Sippets of dry bread

Method

1. 1

   Remove galls from livers.

2. 2

   Make a bed of ham and vegetables in a saucepan, season, sprinkle with oil, and simmer.

3. 3

   Lay livers and mushrooms on top and simmer for 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Mince mushrooms and livers, return to pan, moisten with broth, and simmer for 2 minutes.

5. 5

   Add crumbs and lemon juice, mix well, and serve on bread sippets.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The European cookbook for American homes (from Italy, Spain, Portugal and France) (1936) by Brown, Cora Lovisa Brackett Mrs., page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 teaspoon minced parsley 2 dozen pinenuts 1 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons capers Salt 4 anchovy fillets Pepper Cut crusts from bread, rub it with garlic and sprinkle with sufficient vinegar to moisten. Put through a food chopper, using finest knife, with pinenuts, capers, anchovy fillets, egg yolks, olives and parsley. Work to a paste with a wooden spoon, then pass through a coarse sieve. Stir in olive oil until all used. Season to taste with salt and pepper and more vinegar if desired. Beat until thoroughly mixed. This dressing is suitable for a salad of this type. Equal amounts of flaked cooked fish and finely-cut cooked vegetables moistened with French dressing, perhaps with the addition of anchovies and cooked shrimp. Garnish elaborately with cooked vegetables, green salad, tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs. ITALIAN 17 CROSTINI OF CHICKEN LIVERS {Crostini di Fegatini de Polio) 12 chicken livers Salt and pepper 2 tablespoons fat ham, minced Olive oil 1 scallion, minced 2-3 mushrooms Yz teaspoon minced parsley Meat broth, heated l/2 small carrot, minced 1 teaspoon bread crumbs l/z celery stalk, minced 1 teaspoon lemon juice Sippets of dry bread

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