How to Cook Liver and Bacon in Gravy
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 50 mins
Ingredients needed to make Liver and Bacon in Gravy:
- 1 lb lambs’ liver, sliced
- 4 ½ oz streaky bacon rashers (rindless), each chopped into 4 pieces
- 1 onion, halved longitudinally and sliced
- 18 fl oz boiled water
- 4 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1 oz butter
- 1 beef stock cube
- 2 tsp tomato ketchup
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Cooking instructions for Liver and Bacon in Gravy:
- Place the liver in a colander and wash them under running cold water.
- Dab them with paper towels to get rid of excess moisture and set aside.
- Add a splodge of half of the measured butter in a large skillet and melt it over high flame.
- Place 3 tbsp flour in a bowl and stir in a dash each of the seasonings until well mixed.
- Dust half of the liver with this flour and give each of them a nice shake to get rid of excess flour/
- Place the dredged liver onto the hot skillet and fry one side for a couple of minutes, or until it browns slightly; flip it over to fry the other side similarly.
- Drain them out onto a plate and keep warm until rest of the livers is fried.
- Lower the heat slightly and add rest of the butter into it to melt.
- Throw in the sliced onions and sauté briskly for a minute, stirring often, until the layers separate.
- Stir in the bacon and continue to sauté for another 8-10 minutes, stirring at times, until they crisp up and the onions caramelize lightly.
- Dust rest of the flour over the mixture and give it a nice stir to mix well; cook for a minute.
- Crumble the stock cube into a bowl with boiled water and stir until it dissolves.
- Drizzle the mixture into the gravy while beating it in until they blend thoroughly.
- Continue to cook the gravy over moderate heat until it starts simmering and turns thick.
- Whisk in the tomato ketchup and sprinkle a dash of seasonings to taste.
- Dump the fried liver back into the pan and stir it into the gravy to coat well.
- Cook the mixture for a minute or so to reheat the livers and pour it into a serving bowl.
- Serve warm alongside fresh salad greens.
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