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- From: terry@nrcvax.uucp (Terry Grevstad)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Mushroom-bacon pate'
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- Date: 3 Jul 88 20:32:00 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE PATE-1 A "24 Nov 87" 1988
- .RZ "MUSHROOM-BACON PATE" "PARTY PATE WITHOUT LIVER"
- This is heavenly stuff for a buffet, and for those people who love to
- munch, but hate liver pate. We found it in a magazine some years ago.
- The magazine has long since been forgotten, but this I know by heart!
- .IH "1 large loaf"
- .IG "2 lbs" "fresh mushrooms," "1 kg"
- chopped very fine
- .IG "\(12 lb" "bacon" "250 g"
- (or more, to taste)
- .IG "2/3 cup" "onion," "150 g"
- chopped very fine
- .IG "2/3 cup" "celery," "100 g"
- chopped very fine
- .IG "8 oz" "cream cheese," "250 g"
- at room temperature
- .IG "4" "eggs"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "parsley," "30 g"
- chopped very fine
- .IG "2 cups" "dry bread crumbs" "250 g"
- .IG "1 tsp" "salt" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "dried rosemary" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "dried oregano" "5 ml"
- .IG "\(14 tsp" "ground black pepper" "1 ml"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Fry the bacon and crumble it as fine as possible. Reserve some of the grease.
- .SK 2
- Chop the mushrooms, onion, celery, and parsley as fine as possible.
- A food processor works best, but you can do it by hand if need be.
- .SK 3
- Saut\z\(aae the onion and celery in the bacon grease
- until soft, then remove from the grease, and drain.
- .SK 4
- Meanwhile, beat the cream cheese slightly, and then beat in the eggs.
- Add all other ingredients to the eggs/cheese mixture. Mix thoroughly.
- .SK 5
- Grease a large loaf pan or two small, line with foil, and then grease the foil.
- Pat the mixture into the loaf pan and cover loosely with foil. Bake
- for 1\(12 hours at
- .TE 400 200 .
- .SK 6
- Let cool completely before serving.
- .NX
- This pate is actually best when
- refrigerated before serving. Serve with crackers, or with bread cut into
- shapes with cookie cutters.
- .PP
- American bacon is called "smoked back bacon" in many other places.
- .PP
- To make this a more elegant buffet dish, garnish the top with a thin layer
- of aspic.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy if you have a food processor.
- .I Time:
- 20 minutes preparation, several hours baking and cooling.
- .I Precision:
- Approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Terry Grevstad
- Network Research Corporation, Oxnard, Calif., USA
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