Question: what is the difference between chicken liver parfait and pate?
Answer: The difference between a paté and a parfait (since I'm sure you were wondering) is that for a paté you cook the chicken livers in butter first, then purée them, whereas for a parfait you pureé the livers first to make a sort of raw liver mush (mmmm, delicious), then pass it through a sieve before cooking it in a bain ...