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Albanian style Liver

Albanian style LiverSue likes Liver anyway, I'm not that keen and Buster the dog has always turned his nose up at anything that is offal like. So we went fishing on the Internet for a recipe which was a bit different than simple Liver and Onions. With a bit of modification on our part this is what we came up with and even as somebody who's not keen I can confirm it was good! 
 
Ingredients:-
 
900g/1lb Pig’s liver, cut into cubes
2 tbsp plain white flour (Gluten Free in our case)
1 tsp flaked Chilli
1 tsp dried Thyme
1 tsp salt
freshly ground black pepper
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 tsp ground Sumac
1 red onion, thinly sliced
½ cup of chopped parsley
Oil for frying
 
Method:-
 
(1) In a bowl combine the flour, flaked Chilli, thyme, salt and some freshly ground black pepper.
(2) Add the cubes of liver and toss well, making sure it is evenly coated. If you have one put the flour etc. in a zip plastic bag, then add the meat and shake well.
(3) In a frying pan, heat the oil  and sauté the garlic for about 30 seconds. Add the liver and cook on a high heat turning constantly to ensure it is evenly cooked.
(4) Cook until the liver is crispy on the outside but not overcooked. The inside should remain soft and pinky. Add half the chopped parsley and remove from the pan.
(5) Serve on a bed of sliced red onion tossed with the remaining parsley and ground Sumac.
 
Notes:-
 
We found an 'Intercontinental' Shop where the Sumac was 79p for 100g. The original recipe was intended for Calves's Liver, but the Pig's Liver was less than £1 for 900g. Lamb's Liver at £200 per Kg is out of the question!
 
We served ours with Potato wedges and fried Leek.

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Plum, pickled wild Mushroom and pickled Garlic sauce

Initially this was intended as a dipping sauce…. As we have found with a lot of foraged items they have much stronger flavours than their shop bought counterparts. So this is going over a £1.38 rack of Pork ribs!

This was clearly an experiment and we’d not expect anybody in their right mind to have these ingredients to hand! But it’s good to experiment. You never know what you’ll invent for a few pence….

Ingredients:-

260g of frozen foraged Plums
4 large lumps of pickled Chicken Of The Woods
Lacto Fermented Garlic Cloves
A slug of Soy Sauce and Fish Sauce
2 table spoons of Sugar
Enough Tomato sauce to make the sauce wet enough to pour over your meat

Shop bought Mushrooms, fresh Garlic and bought Plums would probably result in something good, but maybe not quite as strong flavoured.

Method:-

(1) Thaw the plums. We used the Microwave but it doesn’t matter if you heat them gently in a pan with a little water.
(2) Simmer the Plums in a little water until you can squash them with a fork.
(3) Press through a colander to separate the stones, keeping to juice, pulp and skins.
(4) Allow to cool so you don’t damage your blender.
(5) Blend everything apart from the Tomato Sauce to a fine texture.
(6) Add back to the pan and simmer for 20 minutes.
(7) Add enough Tomato Sauce to make your sauce liquid enough to pour.

Plum, pickled wild Mushroom and pickled Garlic sauce

 

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