Cooking liver page

[tarek]

So, tonight is my first time making a dish with organ meat. Can these be eaten
rare like muscle meat? The recipe I'm following has a very short cooking time, and I'm still seeing blood when I cut into the livers. I usually don't worry about blood in muscle meat, but is it different with liver and other organs?

Thanks! :]

[peril]

Liver, especially calf's liver, is best served rare. It has a much juicier texture when rare. Enjoy

[tarek]

I wish I had seen that post before I finished it. I made the mistake of researching this halfway into preparing the dish. At the advice of my friends, I cooked it well-done, and I literally could not swallow it. That was probably the most disgusting thing I've ever tasted.

Do you have any good recipes for liver, then? I don't want this to deter me from making it in the future. Thanks for your help!

[peril]

Google "fegato veneziana"

[Jack Mac]

I eat a lot of liver
- cut into strips or even smaller pieces
- marinate for about 1-2 hrs - usually something acidic - citrus or vinegar, with spices - just google liver recipes
- very quick stir fry - I like it rare
- always cook with bacon, onions & mushrooms - usually stir fry in some other veggies too
- I love liver, but my family not so much, so often I will add some beef to the stir fry, about 50-50, but sometimes it's as much as 80% beef.

[breadsauce]

There was a long thread about liver cooking on here recently - have you tried the search facility?

Quick advice - cook quickly! In butter with sage is good - add cream for a sauce - add smoked paprika and caraway for a liver stroganoff sort of thing (very good...). But if it does over cook and get tough then it needs stock or wine and a good braise low and slow when it will become tender again but taste and texture change.

[jem51]

if you overcook it and just can't eat it, turn it into pate.
i think barry groves gave me this idea; saute mushrooms then the liver pieces, stir in sour cream and just heat until desired temp. season to taste, or course.
really good.