The liver is considered one of the most useful foods. It contains all the amino acids necessary for humans and a large number of vitamins and minerals. That is why it is an indispensable element of nutrition, especially for expectant mothers and children.
The liver has a specific smell and a slightly bitter taste. To get rid of them, you should soak it for several hours in milk. After that, not only will the smell disappear, but the cooked liver will become much softer and juicier. Usually it is fried, stewed, baked and stuffed. Now the recipe for liver pie, which is not only tasty but also healthy, has gained great popularity. Let's try to cook this original dish and please our relatives.
A simple liver pie recipe
We need: a pound of fresh liver, a head of onion, two cloves of garlic, half a glass of milk, a glass of boiled rice, two eggs, two tablespoons of flour, mayonnaise, fresh herbs and salt.
The recipe for liver pie is quite simple to prepare and requires very little time.
Preparation: wash the liver, cut into pieces, pass through a meat grinder and then twist the onions and cloves of garlic. Pour milk into the liver stuffing, add rice, eggs, flour and mix well. We heat a deep frying pan, grease it with oil and spread the liver mass. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and set to bake our cake for half an hour.
Grease the finished cake with plenty of mayonnaise and sprinkle with chopped herbs.
The recipe for liver pie allows you to cook a dish that is great as an appetizer.
Liver cake with cheese
Necessary products: half a kilogram of liver, a slice of cheese, a package of mayonnaise, half a cup of semolina, 200 grams of spinach, two carrots, two onions, two cloves of garlic, a tablespoon of flour, vegetable oil, pepper, salt.
Preparation: wash the liver well, remove the film and pass through a meat grinder. Add semolina to the grinded liver and leave for a while to swell the cereal. Finely chop the onion and fry in a pan with butter. Then put it in a blender, break the egg there and beat well. Pour the resulting homogeneous mixture into a cup with the liver, add the flour, throw a pinch of salt and mix. We divide the finished dough from the liver into six equal portions.
We heat the pan, add a little oil, put a portion of the dough in the form of tortillas and fry on both sides. As a result, we get six cakes.
Slightly spinach, drain excess liquid and mix with mayonnaise.
Finely grate the cheese, add mayonnaise and squeeze the garlic. We rub the boiled carrots and also mix with a small amount of mayonnaise. With the prepared fillings, we coat the cakes in a random order along with the top.
We put the finished cake in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Liver cake with mushrooms
Necessary products: half a kilogram of fresh liver, half a kilogram of any mushrooms, two eggs, onion, three tablespoons of flour, a can of mayonnaise, vegetable oil, two cloves of garlic, half a teaspoon of soda, a slice of cheese, fresh parsley, four medium tomatoes.
Preparation: we wash the liver, clean it from the film and pass through a meat grinder along with the peeled onion. Add eggs, vegetable oil, soda, flour and mix thoroughly. We heat the pan, grease it with oil and fry about eight pancakes from the prepared dough.
While pancakes are fried, we will take care of mushrooms. We wash them well, if they are quite large, cut and fry in oil. When the mushrooms are ready, add the finely chopped onions and chopped garlic.
We take a wide dish, spread the first pancake, spread with mayonnaise and spread a layer of mushrooms with chopped tomatoes, cover with the next pancake from above, coat again and put mushrooms and tomatoes. So do with all the pancakes.
Sprinkle the finished cake with grated cheese and herbs.
Enjoy your meal!