INGREDIENTS
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6 cups of chopped onions
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1 cup schmaltz (rendered chicken fat)
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2 pounds chicken livers
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1 sprig of fresh thyme
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2 fresh bay leaves
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2 1/2 teaspoons of quatre-epices (equal parts white peppercorns, ginger, cloves and cinnamon, ground together in a coffee or spice blender)
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9 large hard-boiled eggs, peeled and coarsely chopped
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6 to 7 scallions sliced into thin rings
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6 teaspoons kosher salt
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2 to 3 large pinches of pepper
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Pickled shallots
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Minced chives
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Rendered chicken skin pieces
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Sieved egg (a peeled hard-boiled egg pressed through the coarse holes of a box grate or zester)