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Liver cake with egg

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Number of servings: 8Cooking time: 1 h 30 minDifficulty: EasyMeal: Dinner

Liver cake is a classic Ukrainian appetizer that always looks festive on any table. This dish, made of thin liver pancakes, has an exquisite layered structure and incredible flavor profile. The combination of creamy fillings with vegetables makes this cake not only visually appealing but also extremely nutritious. Preparing the dish requires patience, but the result is worth the effort as it is always destined to succeed. You can experiment by adjusting the recipe to your taste, adding new ingredients, or replacing traditional ones, such as mayonnaise with yogurt or avocado.

Variations

- You can use chicken, pork, or duck liver

- Instead of mayonnaise - natural yogurt or avocado puree

- Adding processed cheese to the filling for a special taste

Tenderness secrets

- Liver must be soaked in salted milk to remove bitterness

- Keep the pancakes thin and brittle for a tender texture

- Add vegetable oil at the end of dough preparation for pliability

Ingredient tips

- Use fresh liver without bile stains

- Milk is best used with medium fat content for optimal consistency

- Flour should be sifted before adding for uniformity

Nuances

- Fry pancakes on medium heat so they do not burn

- Cook a separate fry of onions and carrots until ready

- Spread each layer with filling and stuffing for full flavor

Ingredients

Nasha Riaba Chilled Chicken Liver 700g

500 g

Molokija Milk 2.5% 870g

220 ml

Yasensvit Molodylni Chicken Eggs С0 10pcs

4 pcs

EuroMill Wheat Flour Premium 1kg

100 g

Onion

300 g

Carrot

300 g

Chumak Real Mayonnaise 72% 300g

250 g

Garlic

8 cloves

Chumak Zolota Refined Sunflower Oil 0.46l

5 tbsp

NZ Rock Salt 1kg

to taste

Lyubystok Ground Black Pepper 20g

to taste

Preparation steps

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Preparing the liver — Clean the liver from films and bile, soak in salted milk for 30 minutes. Reference: Liver lightens and loses bitterness.

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Making the dough — Remove liver from milk, add 2 eggs, 220 ml of milk, salt, pepper, and 100 g of flour, blend until smooth. Reference: Dough has the consistency of pancake batter.

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Adding oil — Stir 2-3 tbsp of vegetable oil into the dough. Reference: Oil is evenly distributed.

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Preparing the stuffing — Chop onion and carrot, fry onion in oil until transparent, then add carrot and cook until soft. Reference: Vegetables are soft and slightly caramelized.

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Making the sauce — Boil 2 eggs hard, cool, and grate, mix mayonnaise with grated garlic. Reference: Eggs are fully cooked, sauce is smooth.

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Frying pancakes — Fry the dough in a preheated skillet with oil in thin layers on both sides until golden. Reference: Pancakes are golden, edges slightly brittle.

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Assembling the cake — Place a pancake, spread with garlic mayonnaise, add vegetable and egg stuffing, repeat layers to the end. Reference: All pancakes used, even layers.

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Decoration and serving — Spread the top with garlic mayonnaise, sprinkle with grated egg yolk and fresh herbs, decorate with olives. Reference: Cake is beautifully decorated and ready to serve.

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Tip: Liver cake can be prepared a day in advance and stored in the fridge covered with plastic wrap. Before serving, leave at room temperature for 15-20 minutes for better flavor release.