Thursday, December 23, 2010

Merry Mad Men Christmas "Rumaki"


Hosted a great cocktail party this weekend themed around the hit AMC series, MAD MEN.  The '60's inspired menu included rumaki.  Here's the recipe:

8 oz. chicken livers.

1 T. brown sugar
2 T. freshly grated ginger
1 T. pineapple juice
2 T. soy sauce
1 T. sake (or sherry)

12-16 oz. package of center cut thin slice bacon
1 spear pineapple, thinly sliced
            or
a/n waterchestnuts, sliced

1.)   Clean, trim, halve the chicken livers.
2.)   Combine brown sugar, grated ginger, pineapple juice, soy sauce, and sake (or sherry)  Add
        livers.  Marinate for 2 hours.
3.)   Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Remove livers from marinade, pat dry. Cut thin sliced center cut

       bacon in half. Wrap bacon around liver and small piece of pineapple (or water chestnut) . Skewar
       with toothpick.
 4.)  Bake in oven 10 minutes. Transfer to broiler at hgih until desired color.

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