We were having a Halloween party ... so the challenge was to find a receipe from Julia that fitted with the genre of the night. The section on brains caught my eye... hmm, maybe not... brain doesn't feature so strongly in supermarkets or butchers anymore with the association of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Julia had failed to include a good eyeball soup in the Potage section but did have on offer a few receipes using liver. I can't say that liver is on my top ten list of favourite foods, but I have been known to partake in eating the family traditional kidney and mushroom dish at Christmas time, however I had not ever cooked any.
I was pleasantly surprised that it was relatively cheap to buy, as this dish had a high chance of being dog tucker!
For "Foie de veau a la moutade", the liver has to be cut into 1/2 inch thick slices and once seasoned and dredged in flour, sautéed very briefly to brown lightly. It is then painted with mustard and herbs and rolled in bread crumbs before placing under the grill. Relatively easy to make... but what would our fellow witches, wizards, devils and other enchanted guests think?
The liver was accompanied with maggot chicken, eyeball eggs, spider crackers and the odd finger. There were some strong advocates for the liver amongst the witches, but batman and even the devil herself found the liver as distasteful as the potential of Australia winning the rugby world cup. Bailey the lab was in luck!
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| Saute liver |
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| Mwahaha......welcome |
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| Fruity pumpkin |
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| Tasty eyeballs |
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| Paul and Caroline |
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| Henry and Marg |
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| Bailey, Caroline and Jill |
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| Fingers |
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| Family portrait! |
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| Spiders |
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| Eat... if you dare |
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