liver

[zzxxee]

ok time to admit something
i am 38 and have never cooked liver in my life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i want to do liver and onions for tea
what tastes the best pigs liver cow ect ect
do i dust in flour before?
do i fry or cover in gravy and bake in oven ?
thanks xxx

[anniebird]

The best liver is calves but it is also very expensive and not available everywhere. Second best is lambs. Make sure it is thinly sliced and dust in seasoned flour. Lightly fry for about two minutes each side with bacon and or onions if required. The liver should be slightly pink inside or it will be overcooked. Take the liver - bacon - onions out of the pan to keep warm and use the juices in the pan to make some gravy. Make sure you have the potatoes ready to mash as the liver must not be kept hanging about.

[rowanwitch]

Then send some my way I love liver and onions won't be able to do better than anniebird as that is the perfect way to do it in my opinion...

[jackthehat]

My preferences..........
1. Ox Liver
2. Pig Liver
3. Lamb Liver (too powdery for my liking)
4. Anything else that has a liver...........

I put seasoned flour in a plastic bag and add flour to make sure it's thoroughly coated (a teaspoon of turmeric can be quite nice). Then fry (with onions) until just cooked. Remove liver and onions from pan, add stock (of whichever animal you have used) and heat up slowly, use some of flour from bag to thicken gravy...........add liver and onions back to gravy, heat through and serve.

[zzxxee]

all sounds good thanks all xx

[T&S]

Have it with some fava beans and a nice Chianti....worked for Hannibal Lecter!

[snags]

''4. Anything else that has a liver''

Not Oliver Reed then...

[jackthehat]

He had a ginourmous (if a little chewy) liver apparently..............

It would have made an excellent pate...........having been steadily marinaded in brandy for about 40 years...........

[zzxxee]

oh yuck t&s dont talk about eating human liver i might be put off (puke yuck !!!) lol

[boxtops]

I like pig's liver, I like the stronger taste. Ox (which I am sure is cow) is too strong!

[mike11111]

Ox is my favourite, as well as being the cheapest. If cooked as anniebird suggests, which I do, it is incredibly tender and tasty. I would prefer it any day to prime fillet steak.

[shaneystar2]

We always have pigs liver and I soak it in some milk for a couple of hours before I cook it or overnight if cooking it the next day .This takes the bitterness out .

[gingejbee]

If it's your first time, I'd go for lambs (milder) just as anniebird cooks it - don't overcook it though!

[zzxxee]

thanks for the link tony x
and thanks to everyone else for your ideas x

[jomifl]

Annie has it just right.

[zzxxee]

i;m thinking that Annies idea might be the one x

[Beswad]

I find chicken liver has more flavour and more smoother texture than pigs liver. I usually stir fry mine with rice wine, ginger, spring onion, shame can,t seem to find any on sale these` days.