Despite the difficult name, making beef liver paste is not difficult. In addition, there are several cooking options.

Classic beef liver pate

The recipe that is the basis of this dish.

Required Products:

  • a small packet of butter;
  • about 600 grams of beef liver;
  • onions and carrots - 3 pieces each;
  • 200 grams of fat;
  • two cloves of garlic;
  • salt, pepper, bay leaf.

Cooking process:

  1. Cook a medium-sized pot. Place pre-chopped foods in it: liver, onion and carrot. Put a few leaves of bay leaf and pepper. Pour all this with cold water and cook for about one hour. And before removing from the stove, in about 5 minutes - salt.
  2. When the necessary time has passed, drain the water, remove the boiled products and grind them through a meat grinder, along with lard and garlic.
  3. Add the butter to the ingredients and refrigerate.

How to cook in a slow cooker

Beef liver paste can also be cooked in a slow cooker.

Required Products:

  • 200 grams of cream;
  • 500 grams of liver;
  • one onion;
  • a small package of butter;
  • salt and black pepper.

Cooking process:

  1. In the cup from the multicooker, you need to put about half the package of oil, then diced onion and fry it for about 15 minutes without closing the lid. The general cooking mode should be “Baking”, and the time should be 40 minutes.
  2. While the onion is preparing, we prepare the liver: rinse it, cut it and add it to the bowl. Cooking all together for another 15 minutes.
  3. Pour cream and spices here. Keep still 10 minutes.
  4. All that remains is to grind the products through a meat grinder or combine, mix with the oil that remains and put in the refrigerator.

With prunes

To diversify the taste of this dish, you can use dried fruits, such as prunes.

Required Products:

  • about 10 pieces of prunes;
  • a pound of liver;
  • a few tablespoons of olive oil;
  • salt, a little butter and cream.

Cooking process:

  1. Wash the prunes well and let it dry.
  2. While it is drying, take care of the liver. Wash it, remove all excess, cut into pieces and fry in olive oil for about five minutes. At this stage, you need to add a piece of butter with cream. To make the liver even softer, cover the pan with a lid and cook it on a low heat for about 15 minutes, not forgetting to salt.
  3. In a combine, grind prunes and liver, transfer to a container and put in the refrigerator for cooling.

Diet recipe

You can cook the paste with a minimum amount of carbohydrates. Ideal for those who are on a diet, but do not want to deny themselves delicious food.

Essential Ingredients:

  • one carrot and two onions;
  • two small spoons of olive oil;
  • about a kilogram of beef liver;
  • a spoonful of butter;
  • pepper, salt, bay leaf and herbs if desired.

Cooking process:

  1. First, boil the liver, after cutting it into pieces. Cooking takes about 25 minutes, it should become soft. In the same water put a bay leaf and one onion.
  2. While the liver is cooking, put the chopped onion in olive oil in a pan. You can add a little broth so that it does not fry, but it is stewed.
  3. Also boil carrots in a pan or in a slow cooker.
  4. Now place all the ingredients in a blender and mash. Put butter and olive oil.
  5. If the paste turns out to be too thick as a result, then just pour in a little broth in which the liver was cooked.

With butter

Butter will give the paste a special delicate taste.

Necessary ingredients for cooking:

  • 100 grams of fat;
  • onion and carrots;
  • a pack of butter;
  • beef liver - about 800 grams;
  • spices at your discretion, salt and black pepper are usually used.

It is interesting: beef liver in sour cream

Cooking process:

  1. In this recipe, it is advisable not to immediately go to cooking, but first fill the liver with water, add a little soda and leave it to soak for a couple of hours. This is done in order to remove a specific aroma.
  2. During this time, you need to prepare other products: cut lard into pieces and fry it a little in a pan.
  3. Carrots are rubbed, onions are chopped and all this is added to the bacon. It takes about five minutes to cook.
  4. We spread the liver there and fry for another five minutes, so that it becomes lighter. We fall asleep spices, cover and simmer until everything is ready.
  5. Now you need to wait until the resulting roast cools down and grind it in a blender. Put the butter, mix and remove to cool.

In the form of a roll

An option when you need a beautiful and accurate presentation. You can use any pate recipe, classic, with dried fruit or butter.

The main thing, after all the ingredients are ground in a blender, you need to use cling film. Spread it on the surface, lay the resulting mass in an even layer on top and roll it into a sausage. Tie the edges and put the paste in the refrigerator for the night. After 7-10 hours, it can be freed from cling film and cut into portioned portions.

Pate with boiled beef liver

In different recipes, cooking options are different. The liver can be fried, but it can be boiled, moreover such a method ultimately makes the paste less caloric and more useful.

Required Products:

  • a pound of liver;
  • two carrots;
  • 150 grams of butter;
  • one onion;
  • spice.

Cooking process:

  1. To start, cut the liver into pieces and fill it with water. Let her stand for a couple of hours. So the dish will turn out more tender, and will not be bitter.
  2. Put carrots in a saucepan, and after a while add the liver there. At this stage nothing can be salted, otherwise the product will become solid.
  3. While these ingredients are boiling, prepare the onion: chop it and fry in a pan with a little oil.
  4. Now all the products need to be passed through a blender to a puree state. This can also be done with a meat grinder, but then it is best to skip twice, then the dish will turn out soft and airy. Now you can add oil, mix well, add salt and pepper.
  5. Store in the refrigerator for a while to set.

With mushrooms

Mushrooms are an excellent protein supplement to paste. In addition, they will give the dish a new interesting taste.

Required Products:

  • onions and carrots - one each;
  • a pack of butter - 100 grams;
  • a pound of mushrooms;
  • 500 grams of beef liver;
  • herbs and spices to your liking;
  • two bay leaves.

Cooking process:

  1. Grind the liver and mushrooms, rinse. We leave the liver in cold water, and at this time boil the mushrooms for about 20-30 minutes.
  2. Then we begin to fry, first mushrooms, so that all the released liquid evaporates. Then we add the liver, grated carrots and chopped onions there. Salt and pepper the mass. You can add greens.
  3. Bring all the food in the pan until cooked and mash it through a meat grinder or combine. Add the butter, mix well and cool.

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