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Pâté maison
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Meat Dishes · Recipe No. 508

Pate Maison

Pate Maison made with liver, butter, onion and garlic. The recipe serves 4; change the portions and units below and the amounts update.

  • Serves 4

Method

  1. Cut liver into 2cm pieces.

  2. Toss quickly in butter in a frying pan, over a fierce heat for a few seconds.

  3. With the onion, garlic and herbs. Allow to cool.

  4. Pass with a pork, twice through a mincer. Season.

  5. Line an earthenware terrine with wafer-thin slices of fat bacon.

  6. Place in the mixture. Cover with fat bacon.

  7. Stand in a tray half full of water and bring to simmering point.

  8. Cook in a moderate oven for 1 hr.

  9. When cold cut into 1/2cm slices and garnish with leaves and toast.

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Meat & poultry

Fruit & veg

Dairy & eggs

Tins, jars & stock

Fresh herbs

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Converted from the Cookeryonline Excel workbook “sr508”.