3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 lb chicken livers
1 medium onion, minced
2 tbsp brandy
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
Directions
Melt 1/4 cup butter in skillet over medium heat. Add livers and
onion and cook, stirring often, until livers are tender but still
pink inside, about 5 minutes.
In blender or food processor blend liver-onion mixture until smooth,
scrapping the sides occasionally.
In same skillet, melt the remaining butter, adding to liver-onion
mixture with remaining ingredients, blending well. Pour into small
bowl or crock, cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
Servings: 2 servings
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The History of Recipes
It is possible to follow the history of `recipes` back into the far past, in fact as far as the early Egyptians, and potentially, even further back. Interesting though that maybe, sadly, these ancient cookbooks were just basic hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing meals.
Later on, in The time of the romans around 25BC a man called Apicius created a few documents showing how to cook the recipes prepared by wealthy Romans. In his works, Apicius recounts how the meals were separated into hors d`oeuvres, main course and desserts, something we still use today. This early Roman chef informs us how the Roman cooks made use of a wide range of herbs and spices, including some that we all recognise for example bay, mint and asafoetida. For the decades that followed, the rich families of Wesstern Europe strove to lay on the most exotic banquets, and because of this the best chefs and their recipes were at a premium. Even so, it wasn`t until the nineteenth century that fine cooking and recipe books became popular. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the US, dedicated the best years of their lives to assembling, verifying, and writing down recipes of the day. By the time we get to the 20th century, cooking publications are starting to become popular due to higher levels of literacy, people having increased leisure time and having more disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Myra's Before She Kept Kosher Pate recipe.
