Calfs Liver With Apples And Onions Food

SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER WITH ONIONS AND APPLES

Steps:

• Heat two tablespoons of olive oil in a large frying pan. Add onion and cook it slowly over low heat, uncovered, with garlic, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper. The onion should take about 45 minutes to become tender and almost caramelized. Do not let it burn.
• Meanwhile, saute apples in butter until lightly brown. Set aside and keep warm.
• Remove the onion from frying pan and keep warm. Add remaining olive oil (a little more if necessary) and saute liver quickly on both sides (about three minutes altogether) in order for it to be pink. Add the wine and over high heat scrape up the cooking juices. Put liver onto a serving dish with onions and top with apple. Serve immediately.

CALF LIVER, APPLES AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Saute onion and apple sliced in 4 T. butter until limp.
• Remove and set aside.
• Dust liver in flour.
• Season to taste.
• Brown in remaining 4 T. butter for 4 minutes on each side.
• Remove and set aside.
• Add wine and apple cider.
• Reduce to half.
• Add flour to water and beef base.
• Mix well.
• Add onions and apples.
• Heat thoroughly.
• Add liver and heat untilmeat is heated through.
• Serve immediately.

CALF'S LIVER WITH BACON, CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND SHERRY

Steps:

• In a large glass baking dish, add liver and milk and let soak for 20 minutes.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, add bacon and butter and cook until fat has rendered, about 6 minutes. Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain and reserve 3 tablespoons fat in skillet. Reserve remaining fat.
• Cook onions with salt and pepper, to taste, in bacon fat in skillet over moderate heat for 10 minutes or until caramelized. Transfer onions to a bowl and add bacon. Set aside.
• Pat liver dry and discard milk. In a large zip-top bag, add flour, Essence, salt and pepper. Working in batches, add liver and shake to coat. Set aside on baking sheet until ready to cook.
• Add 2 tablespoons reserved bacon fat to skillet over high heat and add liver; cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Turn liver over, remove pan from heat, add sherry and beef broth, return pan to heat and shake and flambe. Cook on second side for about 2 minutes or until cooked through. Serve liver with pan sauce, topped with onions and bacon.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
• Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch, published by William Morrow, 1993.

CALF'S LIVER WITH APPLES AND ONIONS

Steps:

• In a large skillet cook the bacon over moderate heat until it is crisp, transfer it to paper towels to drain, and pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the fat. To the fat remaining in the skillet add 2 tablespoons of the butter and cook the onions in the fat over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until they are softened and light golden. Add the apples, cored and cut into eighths, and cook the mixture until the apples are light golden. Add the vinegar, the sugar, and the wine, bring the mixture to a boil, and boil it for 3 minutes, or until it is thickened. Transfer the mixture to a heated platter.
• In the skillet, cleaned, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons butter over high heat until the foam subsides and in it sauté the liver, patted dry, turning it, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until it is browned and slightly pink within. Arrange the liver over the apple mixture, sprinkle the bacon, crumbled, and the chopped parsley over it, and garnish the platter with the parsley sprigs and the lemon wedges.

CALVES LIVER WITH BACON, SAUTEED ONIONS, AND MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels and reserve.
• Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a medium skillet over moderate heat. Cook shallots with salt until soft and nearly golden, about 3 minutes. Add cooked bacon, stirring briefly to rewarm. Add vinegar, turn the heat to high and reduce by half. Add stock and reduce again by half. Break remaining butter into small pieces and whisk into sauce until smooth. Whisk in mustard and remove from heat.
• Preheat grill or a dry skillet. Season liver with salt and pepper. Grill or saute in melted butter over high heat, about 3 minutes per side.
• Arrange liver over a bed of Sauteed Onions on individual serving plates and spoon on sauce. Serve immediately.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over high heat. Reduce heat. Saute onions with salt, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 15 minutes.

CALVES' LIVER WITH STICKY ONION RELISH & PROSCIUTTO

Steps:

• To make the relish, put the onions, juniper and thyme in a large saucepan, season with 1 tsp salt and a little pepper. Cook on a high heat for 10 mins, stirring regularly as the onions start to soften. Add the vinegar, sugar and 100ml water. Cover, boil for 5 mins, then uncover and simmer gently for 5 mins or until soft and with a little juice remaining. Meanwhile, remove large tubes, membrane or gristle from the liver. Pat dry with kitchen paper.
• Heat 1 tsp oil in a large frying pan and add the prosciutto. Fry for 1 min each side or until golden and crisp. Set aside on a plate and keep warm in a low oven.
• Add a splash more oil to the pan. Dust the liver slices in the flour and pat away any excess. Place the liver in the hot pan, scatter the sage in, then fry for 1 min each side if the liver is sliced thinly, longer if thicker. When the liver is golden and just pink in the middle, transfer it and the crisped sage to the plate in the oven.
• Return the pan to the hob and add the Marsala. Boil until syrupy. Let the butter melt into this sauce, season to taste, then set aside. If your sauce reduces too quickly, just add a little water. Plate up the liver, prosciutto, sage and warm onion relish, then spoon over the sauce. Serve with seasonal greens and potatoes, if you like.

CALVES LIVER AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Cut liver in small serving size pieces.
• Salt and pepper pieces.
• In a 12 inch skillet heat vegetable oil.
• Make sure it is good and hot (I use medium high).
• Lightly roll pieces in flour.
• Saute in hot oil till brown on one side, turn and brown the other side.
• About 4 minutes per side.
• Remove from skillet and keep warm.
• Add onions to skillet and fry about 5 minutes till crisp tender.
• Put onions over liver and serve.

CALF'S LIVER WITH GRAPES

Steps:

• Sprinkle liver on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Dip pieces in flour to coat well on both sides. Shake off excess. Set aside.
• Combine sugar and vinegar in heavy saucepan and bring to boil. Cook, shaking saucepan and stirring, until liquid evaporates. Continue cooking until sugar becomes caramel color. Take care that it does not burn.
• Add chicken broth and stir in tomato paste. Bring to boil and cook 5 minutes or longer until reduced to 1/2 cup. Add grapes and butter.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in heavy skillet and when hot add pieces of liver, a few at a time, in one layer. Cook 1 or 2 minutes on one side and turn. Cooking time will depend on thickness. Cook on second side 1 or 2 minutes. As pieces are cooked transfer to heated platter. Continue adding pieces and a little more oil to skillet as necessary, tablespoon at a time.
• Bring sauce to boil and pour onto liver. Serve with mashed potatoes or pureed cauliflower (see recipe).

SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER WITH ONIONS AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a nonstick skillet. Add the onions, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat for about 4 minutes, stirring and tossing until lightly browned and tender. Drain and set aside.
• Blend the flour with salt and pepper and dredge the liver slices on all sides in the mixture. Shake off the excess.
• Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil in a nonstick skillet large enough to hold the liver slices in one layer. Add the liver and cook over high heat on one side (2 minutes for thin slices; a minute longer for thicker slices). Turn the liver and cook 2 minutes more or according to taste. Transfer the liver to a heated platter.
• Add the butter to the skillet over medium-high heat. Add the capers and cook 1 minute, stirring. Add the cooked onions, stirring well with a wooden spatula. Add the vinegar and parsley. Blend well, swirling. Pour over the liver and serve immediately.

SLICED CALF'S LIVER WITH GOLDEN ONIONS

Steps:

• Rinse liver to remove any traces of blood and discard membrane and any tough veins. Cut crosswise into 1/8-inch-thick slices.
• Cook onions in 2 tablespoons butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring, 1 minute. Cover skillet and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and golden brown, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and keep warm, covered.
• Pat half of liver slices dry and toss with salt and pepper to taste. Heat 1 tablespoon butter in skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then sauté seasoned liver, shaking skillet and turning liver, until browned on both sides but still pink inside, about 2 minutes. Put cooked liver on top of onions and cover.
• Add water to skillet and deglaze, scraping up brown bits and boiling until liquid is slightly reduced. Pour sauce over cooked liver and wipe skillet clean. Sauté remaining liver as above, then add rest of liver with onions and parsley, tossing briefly.

CALF'S LIVER WITH CARAMELIZED APPLES

Steps:

• Sprinkle the liver with salt and pepper. Dredge the slices in flour and shake off excess. Set aside.
• Cut each apple into quarters. Cut away and discard the core and skin of each quarter. Cut quarters into thin slices. There should be about 5 cups.
• Heat one tablespoon of the butter in a skillet and add apple slices. Cook over relatively high heat, shaking skillet and stirring, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with brown sugar and continue cooking, redistributing the apple pieces, about 5 minutes. When cooked, apples should be caramelized; very little liquid should be left in pan.
• Heat oil in a skillet large enough to hold the liver pieces in one layer.
• Add liver and cook over high heat about 1 1/2 minutes to each side or until nicely browned all over. Transfer pieces to hot serving dish and surround with apples.
• Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and the shallots to the skillet in which the apples cooked. Cook briefly, stirring, and add vinegar. Bring to the boil and pour sauce over the liver. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER WITH ONIONS AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Trim away and discard any tough membranes in the liver slices. Cut the slices into thin strips about a quarter of an inch wide. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a small heavy skillet and add the onions. Cook, stirring often, over moderately high heat about 10 minutes or until onions are golden brown. Reduce heat as necessary. Do not allow the onions to burn or they will be bitter.
• When the onions are almost ready, heat a wide, heavy skillet and add two tablespoons of the corn oil. When hot and almost smoking, add half of the liver strips. Cook over high heat, turning the liver pieces so that they cook evenly. Cook about three minutes. Scoop out the pieces and transfer them to a warm serving dish.
• Heat the remaining two tablespoons of corn oil. When it is very hot, add remaining liver strips. Cook as before. Remove the liver and add to the initial batch.
• Pour off all fat from the skillet and wipe it out thoroughly. Return the skillet to the heat and add the butter and capers. Cook, shaking the skillet and stirring, about one minute. Add the liver and onions. Stir to blend well.
• Cook until thoroughly hot. Sprinkle with the vinegar and toss about 15 seconds. Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with chopp edparsley and serve.

CALF'S LIVER WITH BACON AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Soak liver in milk in a bowl 20 minutes.
• While liver is soaking, cook bacon in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, turning over occasionally, until crisp. Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain and reserve 2 1/2 tablespoons fat in skillet, transferring remaining fat to a small bowl.
• Cook onions with salt and pepper to taste in fat in skillet over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer onions to a bowl and add bacon. Keep warm, covered.
• Pat liver dry and discard milk. Stir together flour, salt, and pepper on a sheet of wax paper and dredge liver in flour mixture, shaking off excess.
• Add 1 1/2 tablespoons reserved bacon fat to skillet and heat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté liver, turning over once, until browned but still pink inside, about 4 minutes total. Serve liver topped with onions and bacon.

SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER

Steps:

• Place liver in a nonreactive (ceramic or glass) bowl and pour milk over. Refrigerate, covered, 5 to 6 hours.
• In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. When butter is shimmering, add onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue to cook, stirring more frequently until onions are very soft and brown, 30 to 40 minutes more.
• Drain liver and discard milk. Pat liver dry with paper towels.
• Spread flour on a plate and season with salt and pepper. Thoroughly coat liver with the flour mixture, shaking off excess.
• Heat a large (13-inch) saute pan over medium heat and add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and the oil and heat until shimmering. Cook (in batches, if necessary, to avoid crowding pan) until liver is firm (but not hard) and browned on the outside but still slightly pink in the center, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining liver, adding more oil to the pan as necessary. Add sage and cook for 1 minute more.
• Divide liver among plates and top with onions.

VENETIAN CALF'S LIVER WITH ONIONS

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a heavy 8 or 10 inch skillet.
• Add onions and cook over moderate heat, for 7-8 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Stir in the sage, cook 2-3 minutes longer, until the onions are limp and lightly colored.
• Set aside, off heat.
• Pat the liver strips dry with paper towels and season them with salt and a few grindings of pepper.
• In another large heavy skillet, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil until a light haze forms over it.
• Drop in the liver strips and saute them, turning frequently, for 2 or 3 minutes, or until they are lightly browned on all sides.
• Stir in the onions and cook with the liver for 1 or 2 minutes.
• Transfer the liver and onions to a heated platter.
• Immediately pour the white wine vinegar into the skillet and deglaze.
• Pour the sauce over the liver and onions and sprinkle with the chopped parsely.
• Serve immediately.

CALF'S LIVER WITH ONIONS, RAISINS AND PINE NUTS

Steps:

• In a small bowl let the raisins steep in the Marsala for 1 hour.
• In a saucepan, combine the onions, 2 tblsps of the butter, sugar and salt and pepper to taste and add enough water to just cover the onions.
• Bring to a boil over moderate-high heat and boil 10 minutes, or until water is evaporated.
• Saute the onions, shaking the pan, for 5 minutes, or until golden-brown.
• In a shallow dish, dredge the liver, patted dry, in the seasoned flour, shaking off excess.
• In a skillet, heat the remaining 2 tblsps butter and the oil over moderate-high heat until hot and sauté the liver in batches, turning it, for 3 minutes, or until browned outside and pink within.
• Transfer liver with slotted spatula and keep warm, covered.
• Add the raisin mixture and stock to skillet and reduce over moderate-high heat, stirring, until thickened slightly.
• Add the onions and salt and pepper to taste.
• Nap the liver with the sauce and sprinkle with pine nuts.

CALF LIVER AND ONIONS LOUISIANA-STYLE

Steps:

• Wash liver, put in a zip bag with milk and put in the ice box for an hour or so.
• Remove liver from bag, season with salt and pepper. Dust the liver with flour in a pan and leave them in the flour.
• In a medium sized skillet, sauté the onions in butter until slightly brown and remove and drain Drain any leftover butter in a cup. While doing this, dust the liver once more and set on a plate. Let the liver rest a few minutes.
• Add the cooking oil to the same pan and heat until ready to fry inches Put two or three pieces of liver in the oil leaving a 1" space between each. Keep the oil at a good temperature to maintain frying. Fry liver on each side until golden brown and remove. You are not trying to fully cook it, just brown it.
• Take the liver out, put it a plate and cover it with foil. Pour the oil out into the the cup with the butter in it to make about 1/4 cup; pour this back in the pan and put on a medium fire. Add enough flour to make a small medium brown roux. Add chicken stock (or water) enough to make the roux a medium thickness. Be sure to boil this and sprinkle some garlic powder in it.
• Remove roux and in the same pan return liver, onions (regular and green) and roux. Cook on medium fire for about 15 minutes (stirring every 5 minutes) or so or until liver is done but not overdone.

FLAMBOYANT CALF'S LIVER WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• 1. Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp but not burned. Using a slotted spoon, remove bacon to paper towels to drain. Set aside, covered with foil to keep warm.
• 2. In the same skillet, cook the onions over medium heat until wilted and golden, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to a bowl, cover and keep warm.
• 3. Cook the liver, 2 slices at a time, for about 1 1/2 minutes per side for medium-rare, adding butter to the skillet if needed. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 4. Cut each liver slice on the diagonal into 6 pieces. Arrange on a serving platter and cover loosely with foil.
• 5. Add vinegar and broth to the skillet; bring to a boil, scraping up any brown bits. Add the reserved onions and toss over medium heat for 1 minute to warm through; spoon over the liver and top with bacon. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve immediately.

SAUTEED CALF'S LIVER SMOTHERED WITH ONIONS

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt, and pepper in medium bowl. Coat liver with seasoned flour, shaking off excess. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté liver in 2 batches until cooked to desired doneness, about 1 1/2 minutes per side for medium. Transfer liver to plate; tent with foil.
• Melt butter in same skillet over medium-high heat. Add beer and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Add onions; simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Divide liver among 4 plates. Top with onions.