INGREDIENTS
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Christopher Hirsheimer
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A ballerina named Carmeleta Maracci offered this recipe to Alan Hooker, founder of the Ranch House Restaurant in Southern California's Ojai Valley. "There are those," Hooker once observed, "who will consider the addition of cream cheese a sacrilege,
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serves 4
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Ingredients
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6 tbsp. butter
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2 scallions, trimmed and finely chopped
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Black truffle (optional), shaved
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3⁄4 lb. chicken livers
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1 tsp. salt
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1 tsp. dry mustard
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1⁄4 tsp. freshly ground nutmeg
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Pinch ground cloves
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4 oz. cream cheese
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2 tbsp. cognac