Pate - Any good recipes?

booyaka · 11 Dec 2012 at 13:40

Considering making some homemade pate for Christmas Dinner starter. Recently bagged a cracking Magimix food processor so hoping to make a nice chicken liver or alike pate. Must be smooth as other guests won't eat it!!

DiCe! · 11 Dec 2012 at 15:08

I dont have recipes, but:

Add toast and butter. nom nom nom.

one of my top 10 dishes. I could eat it all day

godinman · 12 Dec 2012 at 14:14

The GF made some awesome chicken liver pate the other day, I'll post up the recipe tonight.

booyaka · 12 Dec 2012 at 15:10

godinman said:
The GF made some awesome chicken liver pate the other day, I'll post up the recipe tonight.

nice one

Bennie-Mac · 12 Dec 2012 at 18:36

Can't help with the pate but caramelised red onion marmalade with pate is heaven.

godinman · 12 Dec 2012 at 20:55

Okay, ingredents -

1lb chicken livers
1 lrg onion
1/2 pack of butter for cooking, 1 whole pack for sealing
Handful of mushrooms
salt n pepper
2tsp thyme
1tsp sage
2tbsp whiskey/brandy
2tbhsp(ish) cream

Method (wait, is this science again?)

Cook butter, onion, livers, herbs, salt n pepper, mushrooms and alcohol until livers are cooked. Turn down heat and add cream (make sure it's cool enough so it doesn't seperate). Wizz up with a wizzer thing. Pot up and pour melted butter on top to seal.

This doesn't make the same set stuff you buy, it'll be a little runny, but easily spreadable and not 'too' runny at all. If anyone asks it's traditional light-set.

Bennie-Mac · 12 Dec 2012 at 22:05

This doesn't make the same set stuff you buy, it'll be a little runny, but easily spreadable and not 'too' runny at all. If anyone asks it's traditional light-set.

All the best pate I've had has a thick mousse consistency to it, so sounds good to me! I think ill give this a bash myself, be nice to make my own.

Is it normal to add whiskey/brandy btw? Or is this a more seasonal recipe?

godinman · 12 Dec 2012 at 22:38

Jen thinks it's normal to use whiskey or brandy, it doesn't make it taste of it or anything anyway.

TheDean · 13 Dec 2012 at 10:30

Brandy is typical to be honest.

Bennie-Mac · 13 Dec 2012 at 12:06

^Cheers guys, ill pop over to the butchers later and get me some livers

Moobert · 15 Dec 2012 at 00:03

Bit off topic but I find tesco do a very nice farmhouse pate that I have been nomming on

SINDRONE · 15 Dec 2012 at 04:00

Chicken liver paté <3 My Grandmother makes great paté, she's actually got some chicken livers in the fridge at the minute, i'll ask her for her recipe