Best 9 Calves Liver Recipes

CALVES LIVER AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Cut liver in small serving size pieces.
• Salt and pepper pieces.
• In a 12 inch skillet heat vegetable oil.
• Make sure it is good and hot (I use medium high).
• Lightly roll pieces in flour.
• Saute in hot oil till brown on one side, turn and brown the other side.
• About 4 minutes per side.
• Remove from skillet and keep warm.
• Add onions to skillet and fry about 5 minutes till crisp tender.
• Put onions over liver and serve.

CALVES LIVER WITH BACON, SAUTEED ONIONS, AND MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels and reserve.
• Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a medium skillet over moderate heat. Cook shallots with salt until soft and nearly golden, about 3 minutes. Add cooked bacon, stirring briefly to rewarm. Add vinegar, turn the heat to high and reduce by half. Add stock and reduce again by half. Break remaining butter into small pieces and whisk into sauce until smooth. Whisk in mustard and remove from heat.
• Preheat grill or a dry skillet. Season liver with salt and pepper. Grill or saute in melted butter over high heat, about 3 minutes per side.
• Arrange liver over a bed of Sauteed Onions on individual serving plates and spoon on sauce. Serve immediately.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over high heat. Reduce heat. Saute onions with salt, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 15 minutes.

SAUTEED CALVES LIVER

Steps:

• fry bacon in frying pan until crisp, remove to paper towels.
• add onions, saute until brown, remove.
• lightly flour liver, salt& pepper to taste, saute 3 minutes per side, don't overcook.
• remove and deglaze pan w/balsamic vinegar, add all ingredients back to pan to blend flavors.

CALVES' LIVER WITH BACON AND CAPERS

Steps:

• In a large baking dish, add liver and milk. Let liver soak, covered in the refrigerator, for at least 2 hours and no more than 24 hours.
• In a large cast-iron skillet, sauté bacon over medium-high heat until fat is rendered, about 5 minutes. Remove bacon from skillet. Drain off almost all the fat, and place skillet over medium heat. Add onion, and cook until caramelized, about 6 minutes. Add bacon back to skillet with capers, sage, salt, and pepper. Deglaze with wine, and cook for 2 minutes, loosening any brown bits from the bottom of the pan with a spoon. Add stock, and cook until heated through. Pour in cream, and stir to combine.
• Remove liver from milk, dredge liver in flour, and season with salt and pepper. In a cast-iron skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Cook liver for 3 minutes on each side for medium rare. Serve liver topped with cream sauce and sprinkled with parsley.

CALVES' LIVER WITH SHERRY

Steps:

• In a large skillet heat oil over medium high heat. Add onion and saute until translucent. Add thyme, basil, parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste. Add sherry, reduce heat to medium low and let all simmer.
• Meanwhile, cut liver into small pieces, about the size of large sugar lumps, and add liver pieces to skillet mixture. Cook all together, shaking skillet well, for 6 to 7 minutes. Add more sherry if mixture gets dry. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley and fried croutons and serve.
• To make croutons, drizzle olive oil over cubes of bread, toss to coat all sides. Cook croutons in a heavy skillet over medium heat until golden brown.

CALVES LIVER WITH LEMON THYME

Steps:

• Rinse liver and pat dry. Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Place the fresh thyme in a layer on the bottom of the pan, then lay the liver on top. Cook on medium heat for about 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Calves' liver may be eaten slightly pink, but be careful not to overcook it. Season with salt and pepper after cooking.

SAUTEED CALVES LIVER WITH BACON, ONION AND MAYTAG BLUE CHEESE TART

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in medium skillet over medium high heat. Lightly flour liver and place in pan and sear for 5 seconds and flip. Add arugula and garlic and quickly saute Deglaze with balsamic vinegar and serve over onion tart, recipe follows.
• For the Tart: Render diced bacon until crispy. Add butter, onion, rosemary and cook until tender. Season with salt and pepper. Roll out dough and plate filling in middle and top with blue cheese. Fold over edges and bake in a preheated 500 degree oven until golden brown, approximately 10 to 12 minutes. Serve with calves liver.

CALVES' LIVER IN FRESH ORANGE JUICE

Steps:

• Working over a large plate or bowl to catch the juice, remove the peel and pith from 2 of the oranges with a sharp knife, cutting down to the pulp in one operation.
• Cut out each section from between the membrane and set aside.
• Reserve the juice and add it to the juice of the third orange.
• Strain and set aside Heat a large cast iron frying pan,dry, over a medium low heat for a few moments Add 3 oz butter and as soon as it starts to foam add the slices of liver, reduce the heat to minimum and cook very gently for no more than 2 minutes on each side, do not overcook, it must remain soft with no outer crust, and pink inside.
• Liver continues cooking by its own heat when removed from the pan.
• Arrange on a heated serving dish and keep hot covered with a plate.
• Increase the heat to medium, deglaze the pan with the orange juice, incorporating the meat residue by scraping it up with a fork, season with salt and allspice, allow to bubble, then add the orange sections.
• Tip the pan back and forth allowing the hot juice to flow over the fruit, do this quickly.
• Remove the sections with a fork and place them around the meat.
• Remove the pan from the heat, whisk in the remaining 1 oz of butter, cut into small pieces and pour over the liver.
• Serve right away with small new potatoes, parselied and buttered or with garlic mashed potatoes and green peas.

GERMAN-STYLE CALVES LIVER

Steps:

• 1. In a pie plate, combine soy flour, paprika, garlic salt and pepper set aside.2. Cut liver into serving size pieces and pat dry with paper towels. Dip liver in flour mixture to coat both sides. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown liver in butter and oil for 2 minutes on each side or until desired doneness. (Beef liver toughens if cooked too long.) Transfer to a platter set aside.3. In skillet over medium-high heat, sauté onion in butter for 5 minutes or until almost tender. In a small bowl, mix water, cornstarch, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and bouillon granules into onion and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Stir in pickle. Return liver to skillet and heat through.