Chopped Liver (Gehakteh Leber)

[elleng]

(Some may call it pate!)

1 lb chicken livers, patted dry
8 garlic cloves, peeled
1 tbsp olive oil
2 large onions, chopped
3 tbsp schmaltz
4 hard boiled eggs
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp black pepper

http://breakingmatzo.com/recipes/gehakteh-leber-chopped-chicken-liver/

[hedda_foil]

1. As one Jewish grandma to another ...

You gehakte your leber and I'll gehakte mine but mine will be better than this one. Baked AND sauteed livers? Garlic?? Pureed chopped liver??? Thousand Island dressing ???

Gevalt!

[elleng]

2. I tend to agree.

This is not MY recipe, but unfortunately the holder of THAT recipe passed a few years ago. LOTS of onions!

[hedda_foil]

3. I still make it from memory but there must be a recipe that gets it right. I'm looking.

[elleng]

4. Here are a few:

http://toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/2010/06/chopped-liver/

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/chopped-liver-recipe Madeira???

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/the-zimmern-familys-chopped-chicken-liver Zimmern's

[hedda_foil]

5. The Zimmerman family is close except for the obscene amount of fat.

The Madeira in Ina Garten's recipe struck me as very odd too, though it's possible that it's a Sephardic thing, I guess.