Mock Duck
Ingredients
Directions
Stuff the fresh calf's liver with duck dressing.
Place the liver in a pan and cover it with small pieces of bacon.
Cook for two hours, basting often.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Calf's liver
- Forms the main body of the dish, giving a firm, meaty base for the stuffing.
- Duck dressing
- Fills the liver, adding moisture and savory flavor as it cooks inside.
- Bacon
- Covers the liver, adding fat that bastes the meat and browns the surface.
The step that matters
Cook for two hours, basting often. Liver dries out and turns tough with long cooking. Frequent basting with the rendering fat and juices keeps the surface moist and the interior tender.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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