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Chicken Livers with Marsala and Porcini

Chicken livers seared in butter and returned to a quick sauce of shallots, porcini, tomato paste and Marsala. A Piedmontese-style sauce, wonderful tossed with tagliatelle.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on25 min
  • Total1 h 12 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 400 gchicken livers, trimmed
  • 4 tbspunsalted butter
  • 2shallots, finely chopped
  • 30 gdried porcini mushrooms
  • 250 mlhot water, for soaking the porcini
  • 1 tsptomato paste
  • 4 tbspMarsala
  • to tastesalt
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground

To serve

  • 300 gtagliatelle
  • 1 tsptruffle oiloptional

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Sulfites
  • Wheat
  • Grapes
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Onion family (any)
  • Shallot
  • Black and white pepper
  • Mushrooms (any)
  • Porcini
  • Truffle
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Creamy

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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