Liver Loaf

Ingredients

• 1½ lb beef or pork liver
• 8 oz bacon
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 eschallot
• 15 oz bread crumbs
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp salt
• ¼ tsp black pepper
• ⅛ tsp grated nutmeg
• 1 onion, grated
• 2 bay leaves (optional)

Directions

1. Remove the skin and tubes from liver, put it into a pan, add a little water and simmer until partly cooked.
2. Put the partly cooked liver, half of the bacon, the garlic and eschallot through a mincer.
3. Add the bread crumbs, beaten eggs, onion and seasoning, and mix thoroughly.
4. Lay bay the leaves in the bottom of a loaf pan and line with the remaining bacon slices.
5. Fill the pan with the mixture.
6. Cover with buttered greaseproof paper or foil and bake in a moderate oven at 350 °F for 1 hour, or until mixture is cooked.
7. Unmould onto a platter and garnish with parsley and tomatoes.