Recipe: Mushroom Pate

[alyse]

This recipe is one of my favourites from Rose Elliot's Christmas Recipe book, which seems to have been reprinted and can be found here.

Ingredients:

1oz butter
1 chopped onion
1.5lb mushrooms
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2oz fresh breadcrumbs
1 egg
salt and pepper

For the herby coating:
extra butter
dried breadcrumbs
mixed herbs (1.5 teaspoons)

Fry the onion in the melted butter for five minutes then add the mushroom and garlic and fry until all of the liquid from the mushrooms has gone (about 30 - 40 minutes). Whizz in a food processor and then add the breadcrumbs and egg, and whizz to mix.

Line a bread tin with greaseproof paper then grease generously with butter and use the dried breadcrumbs and mixed herbs to coat it. Spoon the mixture into the bread tin and smooth, covering the top with mixed herbs and dried breadcrumbs and dot with a little butter.

Cook in an oven at 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 for around 40 minutes or until a knife stuck in it comes out clean.

Yes, it is 4am again, but at least I've had some sleep - I collapsed at about 7.30pm.