Pan-fried liver with onions and chorizo

This liver dish is similar to the way that lamb’s liver is often cooked except that it has chorizo in place of

bacon.  This gives it a Spanish flavour.

Preparation Time: 10 Mins

Cooking Time: 12 Mins

Total Time: 20 Mins

Ingredients

For 4 servings…

1 tbs               Flour        

  Pepper          

  Salt              

1 handfull         Sage leaves  - chopped finely    

450 gms           Liver  - lamb's         

1 tbs               Olive oil    

1                    Chorizo sausage  - cut into cubes

1                    Onion  - sliced finely  

3 tbs               Vinegar  - balsamic   

250 ml             Stock  - lamb or chicken          

Method

Mix together the flour, seasoning and sage leaves.  Toss the liver in this.

Heat half the oil in a large frying pan and cook the chorizo and onions for 4 minutes until crispy.  Remove them and keep them warm.

In the same pan heat the remaining oil and cook the liver for 1-2 minutes on each side to seal it.  Remove the liver from the pan and keep it warm with the chorizo.

Deglaze the pan with the balsamic vinegar, stir in the stock and reduce for 3 minutes.  Return the liver, chorizo and onions to the pan and simmer for 1 minute.

Serve.

Serve With

          Mashed potato

          Seasonal vegetables

Wine recommendations

          A red wine.

  Conventional

           Rioja

  Interesting

           Chianti classico

           Corbières

           Costières de Nimes

           Côtes du Rhône

           Gaillac