Pâté – GAPS Approved

Organ meats are the powerhouse of nutrition. They’ve held a long standing position on the dinner table, until today. Traditional societies offered them to the highest member of their community first. When tribal men hunted, the first thing removed from the animal was the heart or the liver and the first bite was given to the elder or shaman on the hunt. Fried liver and onions was a weekly tradition in most homes in the 50s. Our current society is depleted in nutrition, while it’s sitting right at or fingertips. 

The B vitamin load in liver dwarfs any supplement. B9 (folate), B12 (cyanocobalamin), B6 (folic acid). The B12 content is so high some consider it’s the B12 jackpot! The iron levels in liver can stop anemia dead in its tracts. Liver contains copper, zinc,chromium, phosphorous and selenium, essential fatty acids EPA, DHA vitamins A, D, E, K and CoQ10. When there is damage in the intestinal tract, nutritional deficiencies are  present and few things rank as high as liver. 

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Dr. Natasha recommends liver, daily, in proportions the size of your hand, not the palm, the hand.

One of the easiest ways to tell if liver is a benefit to you is to eat liver and workout. One teenage boy said, “Mom, when I eat liver, I can do 7 pull-ups and it’s not hard. When I don’t eat liver I have a hard time doing one!”

Making liver taste good is important to consumption. One of the most important steps in this process is washing the liver. To wash the liver lay the pieces in a shallow pan (this recipe calls for a pound of liver) and cover it with lemon juice, real milk, home brewed kefir or home brewed yogurt. After sitting for 4 hours, remove the liver from the washing.

Put a cup of pastured butter (a block of Kerrygold butter ) in a properly seasoned cast iron skillet on medium. Add four onions, chopped. It is very important to use organic onions as they soak up pesticides like a sponge.

On top of the cooking onions add the one pound of washed liver, one 8 ounce package of portabella mushrooms, 5 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon dry mustard, 1/2 teaspoon dill, 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, 1.5 Tablespoons lemon juice, 2/3 of a cup of dry red wine (it’s important to know if you are drinking out of a measuring cup, you’re cooking, not drinking), sprinkle of mineral and pepper. Cook this mixture on medium low until the liquid is cooked down. The more you cook down the liquid the firmer the pate. The more liquid you leave the liquid, not cooked down dry, the easier to scoop. 

Place all the ingredients into the Vitamix and blend until smoothe. 

Pour into Pyrex containers and serve or freeze. This makes an easy to go food for lunch or a classy dip for a party. 

[yumprint-recipe id=’45’]*Nourishing Plot is written by Becky Plotner, ND, traditional naturopath, CGP, D.PSc. who sees clients in Rossville, Georgia. She works as a Certified GAPS Practitioner who sees clients in her office, Skype and phone. She has been published in Wise Traditions, spoken at two Weston A. Price Conferences, Certified GAPS Practitioner Trainings, has been on many radio shows, television shows and writes for Nourishing Plot. Since her son was delivered from the effects of autism (Asperger’s syndrome), ADHD, bipolar disorder/manic depression, hypoglycemia and dyslexia, through food, she continued her education specializing in Leaky Gut and parasitology through Duke University, finishing with distinction. She is a Chapter Leader for The Weston A. Price Foundation. becky.nourishingplot@hotmail.com

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