Gourmet Pate - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    6 tablespoons salted butter
    1/2 cup onion, chopped
    1/4 cup parsley, fresh
    1 lb chicken liver, cleaned & halved
    1/4 cup cognac
    2 -4 tablespoons heavy cream
    1/4 lb sweet butter (1 stick)
    1 teaspoon sherry wine
    1 1/2 teaspoons salt
    1/4 teaspoon curry powder
    1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Preparation
    In a large skillet, melt 1/2 the salted butter.
    Finely chop the parsley
    Cook the onion over medium heat til almost transparent then add the parsley and cook 1-2 minutes longer.
    Spoon the onion/parsley mixture into the blender.
    Using the same skillet, melt the remaining salted butter.
    Add chicken livers and cook over med. high heat about 4 minutes stirring constantly, until browned outside but still a bit pink inside.
    Pouring the Cognac over the cooked chicken livers, ignite and let the flame burn out.
    Spoon the livers into the blender along with the onion/parsley mixture.
    Add 2 tbsp of cream, cover and blend on high til you have a smooth pate. If mixture is to thick, add up to 2 tbsp more of the cream. Stop and stir down as required
    Remove the cover (blades spinning) and add the sherry, salt, curry and garlic.
    Gradually adding the slices of the sweet butter. Stop and stir down as required.
    Spoon the pate into a 1 quart pottery dish, smoothing the top with a spatula.
    Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
    Pate should be served well chilled.

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