Duck or Rabbit Livers With Onion Marmalade
- 8 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 pounds onions, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 7 tablespoons sherry vinegar
- 1 cup inexpensive red wine
- 1 pound duck or rabbit livers
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- First, make the marmalade.
- Sizzle the butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat until it is nut brown, 3 to 4 minutes, then immediately add the onions, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt.
- Reduce the heat and stew gently until the onions are dark caramel brown, 30 to 45 minutes, being careful to not blacken them.
- Add the vinegar and wine and cook for another 30 minutes, stirring from time to time, until the butter floats separately from the onions.
- You need only a few spoonfuls of this for the livers, but dont be angry!
- The ingredients were cheap, and this will keep for weeks, stored in a jar in the refrigerator.
- From thence it shall come to enliven sandwiches, charcuterie, roasts and all kinds of other stuff.
- On to the livers.
- Warm a plate in a low oven.
- Trim, rinse and pat the livers dry; season with the pepper and the remaining salt.
- Warm the oil in a nonstick skillet and fry the livers for about a minute and a half per side.
- Let them rest for 5 minutes on the warm plate, then slice and serve with a few tablespoons of marmalade on polenta, toast or crepes parmentier (see recipe here).
butter, onions, sugar, salt, sherry vinegar, inexpensive red wine, livers, pepper, cooking oil
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013359 (may not work)