Fried liver
It is better to buy fresh liver than frozen.It should be shiny, red in color without any spots, smooth and elastic, with a sweetish pleasant smell. This offal is prepared quickly and easily. Turkey liver should not be heat treated for a long time, otherwise it will become hard and dry. As soon as the liver stops releasing red juice during frying, turn off the heat, cover the pan with a lid and leave for about 15 minutes. Properly cooked liver has a delicate taste. It is a little harder than chicken liver, but softer than beef. The easiest way to prepare a liver dish is to fry it with onions. This is a common, so-called classic recipe. To do this, you need to prepare the following products:
- 1 kg of turkey liver,
- 4 onions,
- 4 tbsp. l. flour,
- sunflower oil for roasting,
- pepper, salt.
The turkey liver is carefully cleaned of ducts andfilms, wash and let the water drain. Dip the liver pieces in flour and place them in a hot frying pan with oil, fry on both sides for 5-6 minutes. Add salt before the end of frying. To prevent the liver from becoming tough, add salt at the end of frying. Sauté the onion, cut into half rings, until golden brown and place on the liver. Then cover the pan with a lid until the dish is fully cooked. The taste is more delicate if the offal is pre-soaked in milk. You can slightly complicate the method of cooking the liver. To do this, add 600 ml of cream or milk to the above ingredients. In the same way, lightly fry the offal pieces in oil, salt at the very end and transfer to a baking dish. Place the sautéed onion on top. Pour cream or milk over all and put in the oven for 20 minutes until the sauce thickens. Mashed potatoes, vermicelli or rice are served as a side dish for liver baked in cream.
Stewed liver
Liver and onions are fried in all recipes,basically, the same. But you can stew with the addition of a variety of products. Fried liver stewed with apples has an original taste. For this recipe you will need:
- 1 kg of turkey liver,
- 1 onion head,
- 3 tbsp. l. flour,
- 4 green sweet and sour apples,
- 250 g of apple juice,
- sunflower oil for frying of liver and onions,
- salt pepper.
First, fry the chopped onion.Wash the apples, cut them into slices and remove the seeds. When the onion becomes translucent, add the apple slices and continue frying for another 5 minutes. After that, transfer the onion and apples from the frying pan to a separate bowl and set aside. Pepper the washed liver, place it in the same frying pan and fry on one side. Turn the pieces over to the other side, add salt, put the fried onion and apples on top and pour apple juice over it all. Simmer under a lid over low heat until done. The following recipe uses rum, bananas and lemon. Necessary components:
- 600-700 g of turkey liver,
- 2 half-ripe banana,
- 50 ml of rum,
- 1 lemon,
- 2 onions,
- 2 tsp. Sahara,
Dried basil, pepper, salt.Prepare flour and vegetable oil for frying in advance. First, wash the offal, cut into desired pieces, sprinkle with basil, pepper and marinate in rum for half an hour. While the liver is marinating, peel and finely chop the onion, remove the zest from half a lemon using a grater and squeeze out the lemon juice (2 tablespoons). Fry the zest in oil, add chopped onion, sauté everything for 5-8 minutes. Add sugar and lemon juice. Lightly roll the marinated liver in flour and fry together with the onion and zest. Sliced bananas and the remaining rum marinade are also sent to the frying pan. Mix everything carefully, keep on the fire until the rum evaporates. Turn off the heat and cover with a lid to soak the liver with all the ingredients.
Liver as a filling for cutlets, pies
The liver is also used asan auxiliary product to the main dishes, for example, a filling for pies or minced meat for cutlets. Turkey is a dietary meat with a very delicate taste. For the preparation of stuffed cutlets, it is better to use fresh turkey. For 6 servings you will need:
- 500 g of turkey meat,
- 300 g of liver,
- 1 carrot root,
- 1 parsley root,
- 1 onion,
- 40 g butter,
- 20 ml of wine,
- 20 g of sour cream of oily,
- 1 raw egg,
- 20 ml of milk,
- 100 g bread crumbs,
- vegetable refined oil for frying,
- salt pepper.
Following the recipe, fill the cutletsdo it this way: finely chop the onion, grate the carrots and parsley and fry in oil. Cut the washed liver into pieces and place it in a frying pan with the vegetables. Gradually add the wine and sour cream, salt and pepper. When the wine boils away, turn off the heat. Grind the cooled liver and vegetable mass in a blender; you can add a boiled yolk for thickness. The filling for the pies is made in the same way. Do the following with the turkey - cut the turkey meat into portions. The best part of the turkey is considered to be the breast, and this is what you should buy. Beat the sliced pieces thinly, put the filling in the middle, and carefully wrap the edges. Dip the formed cutlets in an egg mixed with milk, then roll them in breadcrumbs, then dip them in the egg again, then in breadcrumbs. The cutlets are placed on a frying pan and fried until done on both sides. Fried potatoes with vegetable salad go well with this dish.
Liver cake
With a dish like liver cake, you'll have to tinker a little longer. According to the most common recipe, you'll need:
- 0,7 kg of liver,
- 500 g of milk,
- 2 pcs. eggs,
- 4-5 tbsp. l. wheat flour,
- 250 g of mayonnaise,
- 1 PC. onions
- 1 small head of garlic,
- 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil,
- salt pepper,
- a bunch of greens and a boiled yolk for decoration.
Beat eggs, mix with flour and add milk.Grind the liver and onion in a meat grinder and combine with eggs and milk. Salt, pepper and add a spoonful of vegetable oil. Grind this mixture well with a blender. The consistency of the mass should be like pancake batter. Bake the liver pancakes in a heated, oiled frying pan, frying them on both sides. Cool the pancakes one by one on a plate and spread with mayonnaise mixed with grated garlic, and stack them on top of each other. In addition to mayonnaise, the top layer is also sprinkled with chopped herbs and crumbled yolk. There are other recipes for such a cake, where, for example, the layers are spread with a thin layer of mayonnaise with fried onions and carrots. The list of products with which you can stew or fry turkey offal is large. These can be fried mushrooms with pumpkin pieces, low-fat cream with grated cheese, tomato paste with various vegetables, etc. Liver goes well with many ingredients, the main thing is not to overcook this healthy, tender and tasty product.
