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Liver in a dish

Minced liver is mixed with salt, pepper, onion and tomato purée, filled into a greased dish, sprinkled with kavring and baked light brown in a hot oven. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 816.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 816 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A simple liver dish in the invalid-cookery chapter; the liver is minced fine to be easy to eat.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Mince the liver

    Mince or chop the liver quite finely.

  2. 2

    Season

    Mix in salt, pepper, finely chopped onion and tomato purée.

  3. 3

    Fill and sprinkle

    Fill the mixture into a greased dish and sprinkle sifted kavring over.

  4. 4

    Bake

    Bake in a hot oven (about 200 °C (390 °F)) until light brown. Make sure the liver is cooked through.

Changes from the original

"hot oven" is interpreted as about 200 °C (390 °F). Baking time is not given. The last sentence of the last step is a food-safety note.

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Modernised → 1949 (proofread, p. 816)~84% of the text changedremovedadded
200 g lever (malt eller finhakket). salt. pepper. 1 ts løk (finhakket). gr. lever, salt, pepper, i teskje finhakket løk, 1 ss spiseskje tomatpuré. kavring (siktet, til å strø over). smør (til å smøre formen). Mal Leveren males eller hakk leveren hakkes ganske fint.. Bland inn salt, pepper, finhakket løk fin, tilsettes krydderier og tomatpuré.. Fyll massen tomatpuréen. Fylles i en smurt form og strø form, strøes med siettet siktet kavring over.. Stek og stekes i varm ovn (ca. 200 °C) til den har fått lysebrun farge. Sørg for at leveren er gjennomstekt. farve.

Note on Modernised

«varm ovn» er tolket som ca. 200 °C. Steketid er ikke oppgitt. Den siste setningen i det siste steget er et mattrygghetsråd.

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Frequently asked questions

Which liver can I use?
The text only says "liver"; it is minced or finely chopped.
How long is it baked?
The text only says "until light brown", without a time.
What is sprinkled over?
Sifted kavring.

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