Ingredients

  • 1 md. onion, chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1 md. carrot, diced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 lb. veal liver
  • 1/2 lb. pork liver
  • 2 slices bacon
  • fresh salt pork
  • 1 tsp. grated onion
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2/3 cup dry bread crumbs
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup liver stock
  • Salt and pepper

Method

  • Cook the vegetables with the bay leaf in the water for 30 minutes.
  • Remove the skin and membrane from the liver.
  • Cut the liver into thick slices and simmer with the vegetables 3 to 5 minutes.
  • Drain and reserve 1/4 cup of the liver stock.
  • Discard the bay leaf.
  • Put the liver, vegetables, and bacon or salt pork through a food chopper, using a fine blade.
  • Grind the mixture twice.
  • Add the onion and eggs.
  • Soften the bread crumbs in the milk mixed with the reserved liver stock.
  • Combine with the mixture.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  • Beat thoroughly.
  • Spoon into a greased loaf pan and sprinkle the top with some melted fat.
  • Cook in a moderate oven (350F) for about 45 minutes.
  • Chill.
  • Serve in slices.