Chicken Livers Banker Style: Fegato di Pollo alla Finanziera

Mario Batali

Recipe courtesy Mario Batali

Show: Molto MarioEpisode: Bankers of Torino

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Total Time:
1 hr 5 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
45 min
Yield:
4 to 6 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

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Directions

Make the risotto: In a 10 to 12-inch saucepan, melt 3 tablespoons of the butter. Add the onion and sweat until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the rice and cook over medium-high heat. Using a wooden spoon, stir continuously until the rice is coated in the butter and begins to turn translucent, about 2 minutes. Be careful not to let the rice burn. Keeping the heat at medium-high, begin ladling the hot broth into the rice, about 2 ladlefuls at a time. Constantly stir with the wooden spoon until the rice has almost absorbed all of the broth. Continue adding the broth bit by bit until the rice is al dente or tender, about 20 minutes. Once the rice is cooked, season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat and immediately add the remaining tablespoon butter and 3/4 cup Parmigiano. Stir to thoroughly combine and keep warm until ready to serve.

Dredge the chicken liver pieces through the flour until well coated. Shake to remove any excess flour and set aside.

In a 12-inch saucepan, heat the olive oil over a medium-hot flame. Add the chicken livers and cook until golden brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. Pour the wine over the chicken livers and let cook until the wine evaporates, about another 4 to 5 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Add the chicken stock. Keep cooking over a medium flame until the chicken livers are completely cooked, about 3 minutes more. Let the broth bubble so that the sauce thickens; there should almost be no sauce in the pan, just a few droplets to keep the livers moist.

Serve the chicken livers immediately, in the center of a serving platter, accompanied by the hot risotto. Garnish with parsley.

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  • on November 12, 2011

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    My husband loves chicken livers and I've been trying to acquire the taste. So I was looking for something to cover it up. This actually enhanced the best aspects of the livers and downplayed that "off" taste that livers have for some of us instead of covering it up. I was able to appreciate the texture for the first time. I will be making this again soon!

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  • on April 06, 2011

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    Great way to cook livers, nutty taste of marsala make it special. I do like to change risotto a bit by adding baby portabello and a pinch of rosemary - but original way is great too!!!
    All that cheese and butter make it on heavy side but well, from time to time ??:

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  • on October 06, 2010

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    I didn't make the risotto because I had some leftover garlic parmesan mashed potatoes, so I just cooked the chicken livers. Delicious! This was probably the best preparation of chicken livers I've ever made. The livers were so creamy and velvety. And, it took so little time to prepare that I was able to cook a dinner during the week after work that tasted like it required much more effort. My mom and son both had seconds.

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