Sauteed Chicken Livers with Raisins and Pine Nuts
- 1/3 cup pine nuts
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 3/4 cup canned low-sodium chicken broth or homemade stock
- 3/4 cup dry vermouth or dry white wine
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/4 pounds chicken livers, each cut in half
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons flour
- 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
- Heat the oven to 350.
- Toast the pine nuts in the oven until they are golden brown, about 8 minutes.
- In a small stainless-steel saucepan, combine the raisins, broth, and vermouth.
- Bring to a boil and simmer until reduced to about 3/4 cup, about 8 minutes.
- Set aside.
- In a large frying pan, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter with 1 tablespoon of the oil over moderately high heat.
- Season the livers with 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and 1/8 teaspoon of the pepper and cook, in two batches if necessary, until almost done, about 3 minutes.
- The livers should still be quite pink inside.
- Remove them from the pan.
- Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon butter to the pan and reduce the heat to moderately low.
- Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
- Add the flour and cook, stirring, for 15 seconds longer.
- Stir in the raisin-and-vermouth mixture and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
- Bring to a simmer, scraping the bottom of the pan to dislodge any brown bits.
- Add the livers and any accumulated juices, the pine nuts, and the parsley and simmer until the livers are just done, about 1 minute longer.
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Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/sauteed-chicken-livers-with-raisins-and-pine-nuts (may not work)