Chicken liver & mushroom nests

Name: Chicken liver & mushroom nests
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps sunflower oil; 3 onions, finely chopped; 250 grams pack chestnut mushroom, chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 400 grams pack chicken liver, trimmed of any sinewy bits; 3 Tbsps brandy; 140 grams white breadcrumb; 1 bunch flatleaf parsley, chopped; 1 handful walnuts, chopped; 12 smoked, dry-cured streaky bacon rashers

Chicken liver & mushroom nests might be a good recipe to expand your side dish collection. This recipe makes 12 servings with 287 calories, 11g of protein, and 16g of fat each. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 2 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up garlic clove, onions, brandy, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas

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Oven

Heat the oil in a large frying pan, then soften the onions for 10 mins with the pan covered. Turn up the heat, add the mushrooms and fry for about 10 mins until golden and all their liquid has evaporated. Stir in the garlic and cook for 1 min more. Tip everything onto a plate.

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Mushrooms

Garlic

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Pat the livers dry, then add a little more oil to the pan. Sizzle in batches for about 20 secs on each side until just golden but not cooked through. Set aside on a plate as you go. Tip in the brandy and let it reduce to 1 tbsp. Roughly chop the livers once cooled, then mix with the oniony mushrooms, brandy, bread and almost all the parsley and nuts.

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Mushrooms

Parsley

Brandy

Bread

Nuts

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

To cook, wind bacon rashers into the wells of a 12-hole bun tin, like little nests. Spoon in the stuffing (reserving 250g for your turkey), scatter with remaining nuts, then bake, covered with foil, for 20 mins. Uncover and cook for 25 mins more until the bacon is gold. Scatter with remaining chopped parsley to serve.

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Bacon