Recipe for "pate-1"

NAME

     PATE-1 - 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!

INGREDIENTS (1 large loaf)

     1 kg      fresh mushrooms, chopped very fine
     250 g     bacon (or more, to taste)
     150 g     onion, chopped very fine
     100 g     celery, chopped very fine
     250 g     cream cheese, at room temperature
     4         eggs
     30 g      parsley, chopped very fine
     250 g     dry bread crumbs
     5 ml      salt
     5 ml      dried rosemary
     5 ml      dried oregano
     1 ml      ground black pepper

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Fry the bacon and crumble it as fine as  possible.
               Reserve some of the grease.
          (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.
          (3)  Saute the onion and celery  in  the  bacon  grease
               until  soft,  then  remove  from  the  grease, and
               drain.
          (4)  Meanwhile, beat the  cream  cheese  slightly,  and
               then  beat in the eggs.  Add all other ingredients
               to the eggs/cheese mixture. Mix thoroughly.
          (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 11/2 hours at 200 deg. C.
          (6)  Let cool completely before serving.

NOTES

     This pate is actually best when refrigerated before serving.
     Serve  with  crackers,  or  with  bread cut into shapes with
     cookie cutters.
     American bacon is called "smoked back bacon" in  many  other
     places.
     To make this a more elegant buffet  dish,  garnish  the  top
     with a thin layer of aspic.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy if you have a  food  processor.   Time:  20
     minutes preparation, several hours baking and cooling.  Pre-
     cision: Approximate measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Terry Grevstad
     Network Research Corporation, Oxnard, Calif., USA
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