100 Year Old Pate
Keys: Appetizers Poultry
Yield: 1 Servings
Ingredients:
2 lb Chicken livers
1/2 lb Bacon cooked crisp and crumbled
1 cup Chicken stock (preferred) or bouillon
1 lrg White or yellow onion cut into 8th's
2 stalk celery with tops cut into sections
1/4 x Bell pepper
1 x Clove garlic peeled & sliced
1 tsp Heaping thyme
1/4 tsp Sage
1 pch rosemary
1 sm bay leaf
Crushed peppercorns to taste
Salt to taste (none with bouillon)
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
Dry white wine or for change try dry sherry
1/2 lb Sweet cream butter (adjust salt if salted butter is
used)
Method:
UTENSILS: 2 qt. sauce pan Colander or large strainer measuring cups and
spoons food processor, mixer or blender (use your hands only if slightly
Masochistic) Pate molds or buttered 9" cake pan with release or a bowl
PREPARATION: In sauce pan, combine livers, stock, spices, garlic,
celery, onion, pepper & salt. Add enough wine to just cover ingredients
and bring to boiling point. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 1/2
hour. When done, place contents in the colander. Reserve the wine broth
and allow it to stand and cool. Discard the bayleaf from the contents in
the colander and allow remainder to cool for 1/2 hour.
Gently ladel off the wine broth until the liquid containing the sediment
equals 2/3 cup. Save the clear broth in case you need more. Be sure to
catch all the sediment because it is an important part of the recipe.
In your food processor; combine the contents of the colander, sediment
broth, butter, mustard and 1/2 of the crumbled bacon. Process until the
mixture is a smooth, soupy puree. Fold in remaining bacon and pour into
final mold. If it is too thick to pour, you need to add more broth.
Allow pate to set in refrigerator for at least 24 hours.
Unmold, lightly sprinkle with cracked peppercorns and garnish with
sliced olives and parsley.
This recipe is an antique French farm recipe reported to be over 100
years old. It is a classic recipe with wonderful spices and subtle
flavors.
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