Liver Loaf Recipe by Ruth Paget
Serves 4
Ingredients:
-1 pound pork liver
-1 cup hot water
-2 beaten eggs
-1/2 cup milk
-3/4 pound pork sausage
-1/4 cup catsup
-1/2 cup breadcrumbs
-2 tablespoons lemon juice
-1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
-2 teaspoons salt
-1 teaspoon chili powder
-1 teaspoon pepper
Steps:
1-Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2-Remove veins and outer membranes of liver, if necessary. Wipe liver with a damp cloth.
3-Place liver and water in a frying pan. Cover pan and bring water to a boil. Simmer for 5 minutes.
4-Combine eggs, milk, pork sausage, breadcrumbs, catsup, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce together in a large bowl.
5-Mix salt, chili powder, and pepper together in a separate bowl. Sprinkle this mixture on the pork sausage mixture and blend.
6-Remove the liver from the water and chop finely. Blend the liver with the pork sausage mixture. Pack the pork sausage and liver mixture into a greased loaf pan.
7-Bake for 1½ hours. Cool, unmold, and slice before serving.
Source: Rose Pennington – circa 1950s
By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
