Salad to De-liver

 

The very word often brings up horrific memories of being forced to eat leathery fetid offal. I empathize.

At school liver was a rock hard piece of overcooked, unseasoned pigs liver which flew off my plate as I attempted to slice or pierce it. This type of story is not uncommon. I aim to try and change your mind.

The Liver of a well raised organic or wild  animal is incredibly nutrient dense, tastes mild and beautiful and has a smooth and silky texture (if you cook it right). There was a time when a hunter would literally eat the liver straight from the body of his kill. It can grant you stamina and energy like few other foods not to mention the massive source of Iron.

For the liver, first mince together

2 large cloves of garlic

3 anchovy fillets

1 teaspoon of capers

Add to this paste 1 egg.

Drip in 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil until emulsified.

Add a splash of Worcester sauce and Tabasco sauce.

This is your marinade.

1 lb liver

The liver I use is organic Buffalo liver. I recommend this, other wise organic chicken liver will do.

For the Buffalo liver slice into thin strips, scrupulously cut away any gristle and fascia. Cut into small cubes.

Soak in milk.for a couple of hours, pour off milk and then add the small liver cubes into the marinade.

For the salad. I recommend a bulky varied salad. Im just going to list some ingredients which I used for this one, but feel free to add to or remove as you wish.

Sunflower sprouts

Watercress

Romaine lettuce

Spinach

Parsley

Cucumber

Sweet red pepper

Scallions

Sweet pickles

Artichoke hearts

Tomato

Steamed or blanched Asparagus, baby Squash, and Peas

You get the idea.

Dress lightly with lemon, oil and splash of agave

Heat some oil in a pan till it is really hot.

Throw in the liver and the marinade into the pan. Remove when the liver is nicely browned.

(you can obviously taste test as you cook)

Cover the salad with the liver and serve.

You will be surprise how much of this you can eat, its really a meal unto itself. If you still cant stand the stuff after this, then you are forever excused for having to eat liver ever again. But somehow I think it might turn out differently....