Chicken Liver Mousse. Add chicken livers and sear lightly on one side. Immediately add the shallots, thyme and marjoram. Cover with plastic wrap, lightly pressing the wrap to the surface of the mousse so that it doesn't oxidize.
The key to its rich texture is to let the livers come to room temperature and to blend the softened butter.
Chicken liver mousse is a classic of the French kitchen that has been adopted across the world.
Because it is quick to make and utterly delicious to eat.
You can cook Chicken Liver Mousse using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Chicken Liver Mousse
- Prepare 500 g of Chicken Livers.
- You need 1 of Shallot.
- You need 2 Tablespoons of butter.
- You need 75 ml of White Wine.
- You need 75 ml of Cream.
- You need 100 ml of melted butter.
- Prepare As needed of Fresh Thyme.
- You need 1/2 Teaspoon of Black Pepper.
- Prepare Pinch of Ground Allspice.
- Prepare To taste of Salt.
We made the best liver mousse ever!! So good, I will be adapting it for baby soon. This is not Gwyneth Paltrow's "go-to nosh" after a detoxing, beachside pilates sesh'. Chicken liver mousse is a delicacy.
Chicken Liver Mousse instructions
- Finely dice shallot. Remove any connective tissue from chicken livers and dice livers finely..
- Melt butter in a pan and add chopped liver and diced shallot. Cook until livers are firm but not rubbery, still rosy in the center..
- Transfer liver mixture to food processor and blend..
- Meanwhile, add white wine and a few thyme sprigs to the pan and bring to a boil. Reduce until liquid is about two tablespoons..
- Add wine reduction, cream, melted butter, pepper and allspice to the food processor and blend until smooth. Add salt to taste (I used salted butter so did not add a lot of extra salt.).
- Pour liver mixture through a fine sieve to get rid of any gritty bits..
- Refrigerate mousse until set. Optional: seal mousse with some melted butter and add a few sprigs of thyme for decoration..
- Serve with crackers.
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