For many, consuming and prepping offal (the internal organs and entrails of a butchered animal, excluding muscle and bone) is new, uncharted territory. However, this is one of my easy keto recipes you don’t want to miss!
I highly recommend beginning your nose to tail journey with a Classic Beef Liver Pate recipe. The A to Z Guide to Liver Pate on Keto and Carnivore Diets covers all the ins and outs of pate making so you can make some today!
You may find some premade at a local health food store or farmer’s market. It’s a really excellent dish.
If you’re skeptical, purchase it from someone else before you make it at home. Others are already on board and ready to enjoy it from their own kitchen.
Benefits of Eating Organ Meats
Organs are highly concentrated sources of nutrition. Liver for example, is ounce for ounce the most nutritionally dense food on the planet.
Because they are still relatively underappreciated, you can usually find them at quite affordable prices (sometimes free!).
There are many options that add variety to your diet.
I am overjoyed to see how many more people embrace the world of
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How to Serve a Classic Beef Liver Pate
Like any good dip or pate, you need some dip-ables! Here are some ideas to get you started. Serve pate with:
- Just a spoon (my personal favorite)
- Crispy bacon slices
- Fresh slices of cucumber
- Celery sticks (assuming no oxalate sensitivity)
- Baked vegetable chips
- Grilled vegetables
- Other quick and easy low carb, keto snacks
Fiber Free aka “Carnivore”
Some folks find they prefer a fiber-free Carnivore Diet. If this sounds like you, make the Classic Beef Liver Pate recipe by following the directions below but omit the garlic, thyme, and pepper. Serve a la louche (by the spoon), with bacon as a dipper, or on the side of your meat.
If you’re looking for more delicious zero-fiber recipes, you’ll find over 100 recipes made from just the essentials: animal protein and fats in my Carnivore Cookbook!
Browse through this list of Carnivore-Friendly recipes for more ideas from my kitchen that are posted here on the site.
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Classic Beef Liver Pate
Equipment
- Food processor
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound beef liver
- 6 tablespoons grass-fed butter divided
- 1 clove garlic finely minced
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream optional, preferably raw
Instructions
- Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter in a skillet. Add finely minced garlic and cook on medium-high until translucent, 3-4 minutes.
- Meanwhile, trim the connective tissue off of the liver and slice to thin strips. Add beef liver to pan, increase to high heat. Sprinkle with thyme, salt, and pepper. Sear liver for 60 seconds on each side.
- Remove liver from heat and let cool, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a food processor or blender and puree until smooth. While blending/pureeing, add the remaining butter and cream (if using). Add more salt and pepper to taste, if desired.
- Once mixture is completely smooth, remove from blender and put in ramekins or a glass container and cover tightly. Chill in the fridge for at least 5-6 hours or overnight (preferred) to harden and let flavors meld.
- Serve with cucumber, celery, bacon or just a spoon.
Macros and Nutrition
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21 Responses
Karyla Parrish
How many calories per serving?
Jessica Haggard
183 calories
Lula
What a great recipe. We often end up strining the chunky bits by pushing it thru a metal siv. Next time I’ll try trimming first. Thanks.
Phillip Massey
Butter “divided” = Ghee?
Jessica Haggard
Divided refers to using 3 tbsp to cook the liver in and then adding the second 3 tbsp when you blend the pate up. You could also use ghee.
Barbara
Jessica! Thank you for this recipe. I have been looking for a low carb Patè for months but to no avail. thanks for creating one!
Jessica Haggard
My pleasure sweet Barbara! Enjoy xx
Drago
What can I substitute for the butter or ghee? I can’t have any dairy
Jessica Haggard
Duck fat or lard would be great. Tallow may also work but I haven’t tried it
Paul Ritter
Great way to break into nose to tail eating. I recently had whole hogs head I wanted to make into head cheese. I decided to add the beef liver and pig & beef kidneys as well as a bunch of chicken livers I had in the freezer. After cooking it all & picking the bones out I ran everything through the finest grinder plate I had along with bunch of fresh parsley & time from the back yard plus salt pepper & coriander. Then I mixed in some of the hogs head broth & poured it all into loaf pans. After it set I cut it into about 12 one pound blocks & vacuum sealed & froze it. It’s a bit coarser than what you make but I think I’m gonna go the extra step in the food processor next time. THInking about putting next years hogs head in the smoker for a few hours before rendering too. I’ve been going through about a pound a week now. Finding all kinds of great stuff to put it with. All on its own doesn’t suck either
Jessica Haggard
Head cheese is such a cool thing! Thank you for sharing your recipe here, I hope others come along and make it too!
Monica
Hello. I didn’t see in the recipe how long this will keep in the fridge or whether it can be frozen… is there a suggestion on that? ( I could have missed it)
Jessica Haggard
The pate will be fine for 5 days or so, always give a smell check to be sure 😉 I’ve never frozen (it since it always goes fast!) but don’t see why one couldn’t. Should be fine there.
C Conroy
I triple the recipe bc my packages of liver come in about 1.5 lbs, so I freeze the other 2 thirds in separate balls wrapped tight in plastic, but we go through that in less than a month, 1 third a week, so not sure how long it could go. But certainly a couple weeks.
Jessica Haggard
Awesome tip about freezing! I’m glad you are all enjoying it so much!
Haily Alexander
Appreciate you being so complete with your’ nutrition listing’, but where is the ‘serving size’, or am I missing it. ie… 170 calories for ? serving size… one ounce, two Tbs, etc. Thanks.
Jessica Haggard
Serving size is noted in the brown box of the recipe header. The pate serves 6.
Shelley
Hi. Just an FYI, I saw someone had asked about freezing pate and I have. I made single servings with a small ice cream baller, put them on a tray in the freezer, once frozen, I wrapped each one in plastic wrap then put them in a freezer bag. Just take one out to thaw in the refrigerator or on the counter.
Jessica Haggard
Great tip! I love the idea of using an ice cream baller to make individual portions.
Jennifer Mullins
I heard that you have to soak liver in milk before you cook,is this true
Jessica Haggard
Soaking the liver in milk before cooking gives it a more mild flavor. Some people soak in a saltwater brine before pan-frying for this same reason. You may or may not want to do this for sauteeing whole liver. I never soak ground liver.