Ingredients
- Salt and pepper, to season
- 4 firm ripe figs, quartered
- 1 tbs honey
- 250g chicken livers, trimmed, sinew removed
- 25g butter
- FIG JAM
- 4 large firm ripe figs, finely chopped
- 60ml (¼ cup) dry sherry
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 tbs caster sugar
- PÂTÉ
- 125g butter
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 100g button mushrooms, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tbs fresh thyme leaves
- 250g chicken livers, trimmed, sinew removed
- 4 tbs dry sherry
- 200ml thickened cream
- LAVOSH
- 200g (11/3 cups) plain flour
- 1¼ tsp salt
- 50g unsalted butter, melted
- 1 egg, beaten
- 50ml milk
- 2 tbs rosemary leaves
- SALAD
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 2 tbs balsamic vinegar
- 100g rocket leaves
- 4 radicchio leaves, thinly sliced
- 4 tbs crushed walnuts, toasted
Method
- (Allow +3 hours chilling)
- To make jam, place all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat and stir for 15-20 minutes or until thickened. Season well, then cool completely.
- To make pâté, melt butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until softened. Stir in mushrooms and garlic. Cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes or until softened and reduced. Stir in thyme.
- Add chicken livers and cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes or until just browned on both sides, but still pink in the middle. Transfer mixture to a food processor.
- Add sherry to same pan and simmer for 1 minute to deglaze. Cool slightly, then add to food processor. Process mixture until smooth. Add cream and process until smooth. Pass mixture through a fine sieve into a shallow dish or individual ramekins. Refrigerate, covered, for 3 hours or overnight to set.
- Meanwhile, to make lavosh, place flour, salt and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer with a dough hook fitted. Mix until combined. Add remaining ingredients and mix until a dough forms. Divide into 2 portions and set aside, covered, for 15 minutes to rest.
- Preheat oven to 160C and line two oven trays with baking paper.
- Roll out dough between two sheets of baking paper until 2mm thick. Cut into long thin rectangles and place on prepared trays. Bake for 8 minutes or until crisp and golden.
- Drizzle figs with honey and season with pepper. Cook under a hot grill until caramelised.
- To make salad, whisk oil and vinegar in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and toss to coat.
- Season livers all over. Melt butter in a medium frying pan over medium-high heat. Add livers and cook for 1 minute on each side or until browned. Transfer to a warm plate for 2 minutes to rest. Thickly slice.
- Divide pâté, livers, figs and salad among serving plates. Serve with lavosh and jam to the side.
(My Kitchen Rules, 2016)