Quick and simple recipe that yields about two ramekins. After all, how much pate do you really want anyway?
Turkey Liver Pate
Adapted from my recipe for Chicken Liver Pate
For two ramekins, you'll need:
Turkey livers, washed and diced
1/2 small onion, diced
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick), plus extra for spreading on top
1 tblsp cognac or white wine
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dried thyme
See? Pretty nice looking turkey livers. Cut off any extraneous membranes. Wash and dice the livers. Add 1/2 tsp salt.
Dice 1/2 of a small onion. Then saute in a pan on medium-high heat until the liver is completely cooked. Add 1 tblsp of cognac and 1/4 tsp dried thyme.
Let the mixture cool down. Chop 1/4 cup butter.
Puree in a food processor until the mixture is as smooth as you'd like. I don't mind the slightly grainy texture. Taste. Add salt if necessary.
Fill two ramekins with the pate mixture.
I like to top my pate with a slight layer of butter (Actually, Shedd's Spread Country Crock for its buttery taste and spreadability.) for aesthetics and to keep the pate from drying out. Cover and refrigerate for several hours until ready to serve.
Enjoy turkey liver pate spread on baguettes with a lovely afternoon tea.
Enjoy!
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Homemade Turkey Gravy
Pate Chinois (Canadian "Chinese" Cottage Pie)
Pumpkin Marbled Cheesecake
Triple-Deviled Eggs with Black Pepper, Paprika, and Sriracha
Turkey Liver Pate
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Usually my turkey livers go to my cats, but this year I thought I would try something different. I found your recipe and tried it right away. Yum! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThe Hopeful Romantic,
ReplyDeleteToo bad for your cats, but I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for letting me know. So many hits for this recipe around Thanksgiving, but no one ever comments!
I saw you commented "no one ever comments" so I just had to leave a comment. We raise turkeys and I found your recipe a while back while looking for something to do with the many livers I had after processing our turkeys. This is a wonderful recipe. Everyone I have served it to loves it! Very, very tasty and so easy to prepare. Thank you so much for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteYay! I love comments on old posts. Lets me know people are still reading. So people buy the turkeys only without the innards? Those are the best parts. I love gizzards and hearts. And of course, liver for pate.
Thank you for your post. I killed a 40 lb. turkey (a really huge Tom) and I had a huge perfect liver to cook. I always try to use as much as possible of any animal I eat--it is respectful to not waste. Your recipe is simple and delicious--I altered it slightly by adding garlic and fresh parsley since I had those ingredients on hand.
ReplyDeleteWolf Kin,
ReplyDeleteYay! Another comment on this old post. Just when I say no one comments on this recipe, people come out of the woodwork. A 40-lb turkey is gigantic! I can't imagine! Garlic and fresh parsley are great additions. I bet the pate was even better since you raised the turkey yourself.
This recipe is great for the 2013 holidays. None of my guests for turkey like giblet gravy, so this is a perfect use for the liver. Thanks very much for the excellent work of developing and publishing this treat.
ReplyDeleteRobert,
ReplyDeleteSo glad the pate recipe turned out for you. My guests prefer turkey liver pate to giblet gravy too.
Recently, I came into possession of some rabbit livers (sans the actual rabbits since I can't seem to shed the image of Bugs Bunny), and I used this recipe to process them into liver pâté. Fantastic!! The pâté is a bit sweeter than the turkey/chicken variety but works just as well. I get around the association with Bugs by saying to myself "the wascally wabbit" doesn't have a liver."
DeleteRobert,
ReplyDeleteI never even thought of making rabbit liver pate! Of course, the only rabbit I see is my sister-in-law's pet so that's a no no. :P Actually, there's frozen rabbit at 99 Ranch, but it's just the carcass, so no liver there. I think rabbit tastes like chicken, so I imagine the liver pate would be similar.