Mile End Chopped Liver

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Ingredients

• 6 cups of chopped onions
• 1 cup schmaltz (rendered chicken fat)
• 2 pounds chicken livers
• 1 sprig of fresh thyme
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 2 1/2 teaspoons of quatre-epices (equal parts white peppercorns, ginger, cloves and cinnamon, ground together in a coffee or spice blender)
• 9 large hard-boiled eggs, peeled and coarsely chopped
• 6 to 7 scallions sliced into thin rings
• 6 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 to 3 large pinches of pepper
• Pickled shallots
• Minced chives
• Rendered chicken skin pieces
• Sieved egg (a peeled hard-boiled egg pressed through the coarse holes of a box grate or zester)

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

Fry the onions in schmaltz, add the chicken livers, thyme and bay leaves and cook for 10 minutes, then let the mixture cool. Add the quatre-epices and eggs to the livers. Place the mixture in a food processor and process to a coarse consistency. Stir in the scallions and season with the salt and pepper.

Decant the chopped liver into a serving bowl and garnish with shallots, minced chives, rendered chicken skin pieces and grated hard-boiled egg.

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