CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Dairy |
Cornish |
Appetizers |
6 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
2 |
tb |
Butter |
1 |
c |
Leeks or onion, thin slice |
1/2 |
c |
Celery, chopped |
2 |
|
Garlic cloves, minced |
1 1/2 |
ts |
Dried thyme |
1/2 |
ts |
Pepper |
1 |
pn |
Salt |
1 1/2 |
lb |
Mushrooms |
2 |
tb |
Sherry |
1 |
ts |
Worcestershire sauce |
2 |
tb |
Tomato paste |
4 |
oz |
Light cream cheese, soften |
2 |
tb |
Fresh parsley, chopped |
INSTRUCTIONS
In large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; cook leeks, celery,
garlic, thyme, pepper and salt, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or
until leeks are softened and lightly browned.
Meanwhile, in food processor or by hand, coarsely chop mushrooms; set
aside. Stir sherry and worcestershire sauce into pan, cook for 30 seconds,
stirring to deglaze pan.
Increase heat to high; add mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, for
about 10 minutes or until liquid is evaporated. Stir in tomato paste; cook
for 1 minute. Let mushroom mixture cool to room temperature.
In food processor or blender, mix cream cheese with mushroom mixture just
until almost smooth. Line 2-cup loaf pan or mould with plastic wrap;
sprinkle chopped parsley evenly over bottom. Spoon in mushroom mixture,
smoothing top. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours
or until firm. [Pate can be refrigerated for up to 3 days.]
Uncover pate and unmould onto serving plate; remove plastic wrap and smooth
with palette knife.
Serve with water crackers or toasted flatbread.
6 servings for $7.65CDN [Nov 95]
Tip: For a chunkier pate, pure all but 1 cup of the mushroom mixture, then
fold it back into the mixture before transferring to loaf pan.
To prepare leeks, trim off limp outer leaves, leaving root end intact. Trim
off flat dark green leaves where they start to pale. Slit each leek stalk
from green leaf end almost to root end. Holding leek root end up and
spreading leaves, flush out grit under cold water. Per serving: about 95
calories, 3 g protein, 7 g fat, 6 g carbohydrate.
Dinner Menu: ~ Mushroom and Leek Pate ~ Make-Ahead Seafood Salad ~ Maple
Orange Cornish Hens ~ Squash Crescents ~ Zucchini Ribbons ~ Two-rice and
Sweet Pepper Pilaf ~ Ricotta Cheesecake with Citrus Compote
Source: Canadian Living magazine Nov 95 "No-Panic Party" Recipes by
Canadian Living Test Kitchen Recipe by Dana McCauley
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