One of the most delicious, versatile, and even budget snacks is liver pate. It can be served just like that, spread on bread or laid out in tartlets. And the pate can be supplemented with various additives and spices. We share 20 great recipes!
1. Chicken liver pate with butter
A quick and easy version of the pate, which even beginners in cooking can do.
You will need: 500 g chicken liver, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 50 g butter, spices.
Cooking: Coarsely chop the onion and carrot, lightly fry and add the liver to them. Pour in a glass of water, add spices, and simmer for 30 minutes under the lid. Remove from heat, add butter and grind everything with a blender.
2. Pork liver pate with bacon
If there is no blender, then you can pass everything through a meat grinder several times.
You will need: 350 g pork liver, 80 g fat, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 40 g butter, spices.
Cooking: Lightly fry the pieces of bacon to melt the fat. Add chopped onions and carrots and fry until soft. Add the liver, season and cook for 20 minutes over low heat. Grind the pate with a blender with butter.
3. Turkey liver pate
You will have to look for turkey liver, but it is so tender that it is definitely worth it.
You will need: 500 g turkey liver, 1 carrot, 1/2 onion, 100 ml cream, 3 garlic cloves, 100 g butter, spices.
Cooking: Fry chopped onions and carrots in a piece of butter. Add the chopped liver, season, pour in the cream and simmer all 20 minutes until done. At the end, add crushed garlic and the remaining oil, and beat everything with a blender.
4. Beef liver pate with carrots and onions
The secret to this recipe is that more vegetables come here.
You will need: 300 g beef liver, 350 g carrots, 400 g onions, 200 g butter, spices.
Cooking: Fry the liver in half the butter until tender. Add chopped onions, grated carrots and spices, and simmer everything under the lid until the vegetables are soft. Grind the liver pate with a blender with the remaining oil.
5. Liver pate with bacon in the oven
Bacon gives the pate a savory flavor and makes it softer.
You will need: 600 g liver, 1 onion, 200 g bacon, 1 egg, 3 tbsp. semolina, 1 tsp mustard, spices.
Cooking: Pass the liver with onions through a meat grinder. Add mustard, semolina and spices, and mix everything. Lay out strips of bacon in the form, on them – the liver mass, and wrap in the same strips. Bake everything together for about an hour in the oven at 200 degrees under foil.
6. Liver pate with mushrooms and wine
If desired, decorate it with plates of the same mushrooms directly in the form.
You will need: 500 g liver, 200 g mushrooms, 1 onion, 1 garlic clove, 50 g butter, 100 ml white wine, 100 ml 33% cream, spices.
Cooking: Fry the onion, garlic and mushrooms until half cooked. Add chopped liver, spices and wine, and simmer everything under the lid for about 20 minutes. Beat the pate with a blender with cream and butter.
7. Pate of chicken liver and hearts
Adjust the consistency of the pâté with offal broth.
You will need: 500 g chicken liver, 500 g chicken hearts, 2 carrots, 1 onion.
Cooking: Pour the liver and hearts with water, season and boil until tender. Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots and fry them together until golden. Send offal to vegetables, fry for another minute and grind everything with a blender.
8. Liver and Lung Pate
Liver and lungs boil in advance, taking into account that they need different times.
You will need: 100 g boiled liver, 100 g boiled lungs, 1 onion, 50 g butter, spices.
Cooking: Finely chop the onion and fry until golden. Add boiled giblets to it, season and fry for a couple more minutes. Grind the pate with a blender with butter.
9. Pate of liver and chicken fillet
Despite the fact that the fillet here is chicken, but the liver can be any!
You will need: 300 g liver, 150 g chicken fillet, 3 carrots, 2 onions, 1 apple, 60 g butter, spices.
Cooking: Coarsely chop the onion and carrots and fry until golden. Separately cut, season and fry the chicken fillet until tender. ext Add the liver to it and continue to fry until it is ready. Mix everything with vegetables, add the chopped apple and spices, and stew until the apple is soft. Cool everything a little and grind with a blender with butter.
10. Liver pate with apple
The green apple gives the liver pate juiciness and piquant sourness.
You will need: 300 g liver, 1 apple, 1 onion, 100 g butter, 150 ml 20% cream, spices.
Cooking: Randomly chop the onion and liver and fry them until tender in half the butter. Add the chopped apple and spices, simmer until the apples are soft and pour in the cream. Simmer all together for a couple more minutes, and beat the liver pate with a blender.
11. Liver pate with vegetables
Optionally, you can add any vegetables that are in harmony with the liver to your taste.
You will need: 350 g of liver, 100 g of eggplant, 200 g of onion, 100 g of butter, 1 head of garlic, 1/2 bell pepper, 1 chili pepper, spices, 1 tbsp. vegetable oil.
Cooking: Coarsely chop all vegetables and liver, put in a baking dish, drizzle with vegetable oil and season. Bake everything together in the oven for 25-30 minutes at 220 degrees, stirring occasionally. Whisk the pate in a blender and add the butter.
12. Liver pate with nuts
For liver pate, we recommend using walnuts.
You will need: 300 g liver, 1 onion, 30 g roasted walnuts, 50 ml cream, spices.
Cooking: Finely chop the onion, chop the liver and fry until almost cooked. Season, pour in the cream and simmer for another 10 minutes. Add the nuts and beat the pâté in a blender until smooth.
13. Liver pate with milk
To make the pate soft and not so thick, milk or cream is added to it.
You will need: 400 g liver, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 50 g butter, 50 ml milk, spices.
Cooking: Cut the onion, grate the carrots and fry them until golden. Separately, fry the liver, send everything to a blender and beat. Add spices, butter and warm milk and beat again.
14. Liver pate with eggs
We recommend hard-boiling eggs in advance so that they have time to cool.
You will need: 500 g liver, 100 g butter, 3 boiled eggs, 1 onion, spices.
Cooking: Finely chop the onion and fry until soft. Separately, fry the liver until cooked and season to taste. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend liver pate until smooth.
15. Liver pate with cheese
Add more herbs and green onions if desired.
You will need: 500 g liver, 200 ml cream, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 100 g butter, 100 g hard cheese, 1 boiled egg yolk.
Cooking: Coarsely chop the onion and carrot and fry until soft. Separately, fry the liver, mix everything together, pour in the cream and simmer for 5 minutes. Grate the cheese, send everything to a blender and beat the pate.
16. Duck liver pate
Duck liver is a delicacy, so it must be handled with care.
You will need: 500 g duck liver, 1 onion, 3 tbsp. 33% cream, 100 g butter, spices.
Cooking: Coarsely chop the onion, fry until translucent and add the duck liver to it. Fry over medium heat so that the liver remains pink inside. Season everything to taste, add cream and butter, and grind the pate with a blender.
17. Liver pate with cottage cheese
Double the benefits in one simple snack!
You will need: 300 g liver, 150 g cottage cheese, 50 g butter, 1 carrot, 1 onion.
Cooking: Grind carrots and onions, fry for 5 minutes and add the liver. Pour in some water and simmer everything under the lid for 15-20 minutes. Let the liver cool a little and beat it with a blender with cottage cheese and butter.
18. Liver pate with zucchini
Zucchini is another way to make liver pate more tender and soft.
You will need: 300 g of liver, 1 zucchini, 1 carrot, 150 ml of water, 30 g of butter, spices.
Cooking: Coarsely chop the onion, carrot and zucchini, and simmer for 5-7 minutes. Add the liver, water and spices, and cook everything covered for about 25 more minutes. Grind the pate with a blender with spices and butter.
19. Liver pate with green peas
For a change, we suggest baking the pate in the oven in portioned muffin tins.
You will need: 500 g liver, 50 g butter, 2 eggs, 4 tbsp. green peas, spices.
Readylenie: Grind the liver in a blender, rub butter into it and add spices. Add eggs and green peas, mix everything and pour into molds. Put a container of water in the oven and bake the pate for 20-30 minutes at 180 degrees.
20. Liver pate for the winter
Surprisingly, even winter harvesting can be made from pate.
You will need: 1 kg of liver, 3 carrots, 2 onions, 200 g of butter, spices.
Cooking: Fry the liver until tender, about 20 minutes. Separately, coarsely chop and fry the vegetables until soft, and grind everything with a blender with the addition of butter. Divide the liver pâté into sterilized jars and sterilize them in a pot of water for about 2 more hours. Roll up the blanks.