{"id":865,"date":"2007-03-18T16:49:48","date_gmt":"2007-03-18T04:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/?p=865"},"modified":"2021-05-18T09:43:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:43:01","slug":"liver-loaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/liver-loaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Liver loaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">This is a variation on the meatloaf recipe. It still has a liver flavour, but is more appealing to those who don\u2019t like the texture of liver.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">250gm (9oz) lamb liver, finely diced, as small as possible<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">250gm (9oz) lamb or beef mince<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Juice of 1 lemon<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">75ml (5 Tbs) kefir **<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1 egg<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00bd cup breadcrumbs from homemade bread\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0OR \u2013 \u00bd cup basic brown rice (see lesson 9)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0OR \u2013 if you are totally grain intolerant or low carb, use \u00bd cup ground nuts or seeds<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0OR \u2013 you can leave it out totally, it will still work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1 onion, roughly chopped<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1-2 clove garlic, chopped<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1 rounded tsp sea salt<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00bd tsp chilli seasoning mix, ground pepper, or cayenne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">In the morning, mix the finely diced liver and the lemon juice together in one bowl, and the mince and kefir together in another. Marinate in the fridge all day, stirring from time to time if possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Note: ** If you don\u2019t have kefir, just marinate the liver, and add a little cream or stock to the mixture later, if needed, to get the right texture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Beat together the egg and seasonings, and mix with the breadcrumbs, rice or ground nuts. Saut\u00e9 the onion and garlic in a little butter. Mix the mince, liver, egg mix and vegetables together in a large food processor till it starts to resemble raw sausage meat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Press into a lined loaf or ring tin and bake for half an hour at 175C (350F). After half an hour, drain off the excess liquid and cook for another 15 mins. Turn off the oven and let sit in the oven for 15 mins before serving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Liver is very rich, so needs some serving contrasts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The sweetness of pumpkin or root vegetables, roasted or in a pile of buttery mash. (Variation: After draining the loaf, cover the top with some mashed pumpkin or kumera, and dot with butter, then continue cooking.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A bowl of crisp, fresh salad or a large spoonful of sauerkraut (lesson 11) or kimchi<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A spoonful of cultured cream or garlic feta dressing (lesson 12)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">If you\u2019ve got leftovers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">For breakfast \u2013 panfry thin slices in butter, bacon fat or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturefoods.co.nz\/coconut-products\/coconut-oil\">coconut oil<\/a>, and serve with toast or hash browns, fried eggs and slices of tomato<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">For lunch \u2013 Put in a sandwich with mesclun greens, sliced tomato or red pepper and some garlic feta dressing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Variations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Pan fry spoonfuls as patties<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">If even this is too \u201clivery\u201d for your taste, make it with more lamb mince and less liver. Then gradually decrease the mince and increase the liver.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Add some finely diced, crispy bacon. Look for a nitrate free, organic bacon, made with natural sweetener. Cook the bacon up before the vegetables, then fry the veges in the bacon fat, instead of butter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a variation on the meatloaf recipe. It still has a liver flavour, but is more appealing to those who don\u2019t like the texture of liver. 250gm (9oz) lamb liver, finely diced, as small as possible 250gm (9oz) lamb or beef mince Juice of 1 lemon 75ml (5 Tbs) kefir ** 1 egg \u00bd cup breadcrumbs from homemade bread \u00a0OR \u2013 \u00bd cup basic brown rice (see lesson 9) \u00a0OR \u2013 if you are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,10,5,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}