Calves liver

This Calves Liver with Onion Gravy and Mash dish is served with a Madeira gravy which is made with shallots and a splash of sherry vinegar.

I think this dish has an undeserved reputation. When it's cooked up nice and crisp it's really wonderful. I had kids eating this like crazy, because I didn't tell them what it was!

Learn how to cook tender veal liver slices (or calf’s liver) with balsamic onions, a simple calf liver recipe that tastes amazing!

I know, I know, some of you can't tolerate liver but for those of us that love it try this recipe! The liver comes out crisp and has a wonderful flavor with just a hint of lemon. Even kids have been known to like it. Substitute Chicken livers if you wish.

Tender calf's liver cooked with fragrant sage and topped with sauteed onions creates an elevated weeknight dinner.

The first time I cooked liver and onions, I was about 20 years old and cooking food for 250 kids at a German language immersion village. I had no idea what I was doing, but somehow the dish turned out okay. Not that the kids noticed. Fast forward almost 10 years, and when I look at a few slices of calf's liver, I know exactly what to do: fry them quickly in butter, and serve with sweet and sour onions. The onions are sweet because they've been caramelized and sour because they were deglazed…

Calf’s liver, mashed potato, bacon and melted onions by Dominic Chapman

This is a classic of Venice’s cuisine, and much loved throughout Italy. I was immediately drawn to the two recipes that Mariù Salvadori de Zuliani includes in her Venetian cookbook A Tola Co I Nostri Veci. One is a recipe from the year 1800 and she claims is the most authentic recipe for this classic dish, which doesn’t use either vinegar or wine, but lemon juice. The other recipe is her own family recipe and she adds that you can use wine – red, or even a sweet one like Marsala – to finish…

Pan-fried calves' liver with red onions cooks in 5 minutes, it's tender, juicy and delicious. And eating offal is a way to reduce waste and meat emissions.