Pan fried foie gras -Cho hyun min (Bailey)

Ingredients :
Pan fried foie gras recipe for 4 people:
4 Slices of foie gras of 90g (3oz) each
4 thick slices of slicepan bread
4 apples, grannysmith preferable
50g butter
1/2 beetroot and one chicory
salt and freshly ground pepper



Direction :
Toast the bread and cut it with a medium size cutter to give it a round shape.
In a frying pan, melt the butter down and pan fry the apples that have been peeled, cored and quatered. Cook them until a nice golden color. Set them aside.
Season well your slices of foie gras and place them in the freezer for 5 minutes.
Heat up a dry frying pan and sear your slices of foie gras for a minute on each side and set them aside on some kitchen paper.
Arrangement:
On a small tray put your slices of toasts, top them up with the apples and finish with the slices of foie gras. At the last minute put this little "sandwiches" in the oven for 3 minutes at 200C/ 392F. Sprinkle with a couple of grains of cracked pepper and "fleur de sel" on the top of the foie gras just before serving.
Place your foie gras-apple "toasties" at the centre of a plate, then place a bit of salad made of finely chopped chicory and beetroot at the top of the plate and season it with a little bit of dressing made of cherry vinegar and hazelnut oil.
Enjoy this dish with a nice glass of black muscat or tokaji wine.