CHICKEN LIVER PEROGIES, PAPRIKA MUSHROOMS, and MYSTERY

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DINNER MENU

Chicken Liver and Bacon Varenyky:  from a recipe in Catherine Atkinson’s From Borshch to Blinis. 

Mushrooms Paprika:  from a recipe in The Spice Cookbook  by Avanelle Day and Lillie Stuckey

Lettuce Salad

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CHICKEN LIVER and BACON VARENYKY

Prepare Filling:

1 tbsp oil

6 ounces onion

6 ounces bacon

12 ounces chicken livers

3 tbsp chives

scant ½ tsp salt

½ tsp pepper

1.        Finely chop onion in a food processor.

2.       Chop the bacon and the chicken livers into small pieces.

3.       Finely chop the chives.

4.       Heat oil in a large frying pan at medium low and cook onion for 5 minutes.

5.       Add bacon and cook over slightly higher heat 5 more minutes, stirring all the time.

6.       Add livers and stir one minute until browned.

7.       With food processor, blend liver mixture until chopped, but not smooth.

8.       Add chives, salt, and pepper and process lightly one more time.

See my very first post to see Mary Stadnyk’s recipe for the dough and how to fill and cook the varenyky (perogies). 

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MUSHROOMS PAPRIKA

½ pound onion

1 pound mushrooms

3 tbsp butter

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp paprika

1/8 tsp cayenne

1/8 tsp pepper

1 tbsp dried parsley

1 cup sour cream

Slice the onions and the mushrooms. 

Sauté them in butter until tender. 

Add salt, paprika, cayenne, pepper, and parsley.  Cook for 2 more minutes.

Stir in sour cream and heat, but do not boil.