Liver and onions

Tortillas con biste de higado, a Venezuelan version of the dish
Chicken livers and onions
Fried pork livers and onions, Sanok, Poland

Liver and onions is a traditional English dish. The main ingredients are slices of liver (usually pork, beef or, in the United Kingdom, lamb) and onions; onion is favoured as an accompaniment to liver as the flavour of onion "cuts" the somewhat metallic flavour of liver, which can be off-putting to some eaters. The liver and the onions are usually fried or cooked together, but sometimes they may be fried separately and mixed together afterwards. The liver is often cut in fine slices, but it also may be diced.

Description

Liver and onions is widely eaten in the UK and in Germany, where it is usually eaten along with boiled or mashed potatoes. Calf's or lamb's liver are the usual choices in the UK and is often accompanied by fried bacon.

In the French traditional recipe the liver is fried with butter and lard.[1] In Catalan cuisine olive oil is used, instead of butter, and fried garlic is added to the mixture.[2] In Italian cuisine, the fegato alla Veneziana recipe includes a dash of red wine or vinegar[3] and the fegato alla Romana a dash of white wine and is cooked in lard.[4]

In the United States, liver and onions once enjoyed widespread popularity and could usually be found on the menus of diners and American home-style restaurants.[5] This meal is currently more common to the cuisines of southern and upper midwestern style foods.

Beef liver and onions is still widely popular in Latin America (Spanish: hígado (de res) encebollado, Portuguese: fígado (bovino) acebolado), where it is often eaten along with tortillas or rice.

In Brazil (where tortillas are unknown to the vast majority), the traditional recipe calls for potatoes, most commonly puréed or as home fries, or some other underground-growing starchy vegetable.

Variants

There are variants of this dish using chicken and lamb livers. These are popular in Spain,[6] among other countries .

See also

References

  1. ↑ Foie aux oignons (French)
  2. ↑ Fetge de vedella amb ceba
  3. ↑ Fegato alla Veneziana
  4. ↑ Fegato di vitello alla Romana
  5. ↑ Shelly, Kevin (September 11, 2013). "Authentic diner fare fading into history". Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, NJ). Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ Higaditos de pollo en salsa (Spanish)

External links

Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Cookbook:Liver and onions